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title: "4 Style Write Quotes by 4 authors"
description: "Browse 4 Style Write quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Style Write sayings and thoughts."
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> [“To write a genuine familiar or truly English style, is to write as any one would speak in common conversation who had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/to-write-a-genuine-familiar-or-truly-english-style-is-to-write-as-any/)

[William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/737/william-hazlitt-326_choices_to-write-a-genuine-familiar-or-truly-eng_464337.jpg)

> [STYLE IS NOT HOW YOU WRITE IT IS HOW YOUDO NOT WRITE LIKE ANYONE ELSE](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-ghigna/style-is-not-how-you-write-it-is-how-youdo-not-write-like-anyone-else/)

[Charles Ghigna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-ghigna/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25d/charles-ghigna-31863_fashion_style-is-not-how-you-write-it-is-how-you_646156.jpg)

> [My general working style is to write everything first with pencil and paper, sitting beside a big wastebasket. Then I use Emacs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-knuth/my-general-working-style-is-to-write-everything-first-with-pencil-and/)

[Donald Knuth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-knuth/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9d/donald-knuth-8762_bigs_my-general-working-style-is-to-write-eve_1022749.jpg)

> [My preferred style is to write in first person, so I always have to play around with possible narrator voices until I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-graham/my-preferred-style-is-to-write-in-first-person-so-i-always-have-to/)

[Laurie Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-graham/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07b/laurie-graham-12935_always_my-preferred-style-is-to-write-in-first_1845760.jpg)

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