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title: "13 Tell Writing Quotes by 13 authors"
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> [“The most dangerous lie we tell ourselves is that writing novels shouldn't feel like a job.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/the-most-dangerous-lie-we-tell-ourselves-is-that-writing-novels/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

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> [I never really tell anyone what I'm writing beforehand because I usually don't know what it will be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-mcdonagh/i-never-really-tell-anyone-what-i-m-writing-beforehand-because-i/)

[Martin McDonagh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-mcdonagh/)

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> [“I write, as far as I can tell, because writing is a black sheep sibling of prayer, an urgent struggle against a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirk-wilson/i-write-as-far-as-i-can-tell-because-writing-is-a-black-sheep-sibling/)

[Kirk Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirk-wilson/)

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> [There's an old adage in writing: 'Don't tell, but show.' Writing is not psychology. We do not talk 'about' feelings. Instead the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-goldberg/there-s-an-old-adage-in-writing-don-t-tell-but-show-writing-is-not/)

[Natalie Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-goldberg/)

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> [People will tell you that writing is too difficult, that it's impossible to get your work published, that you might as well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/people-will-tell-you-that-writing-is-too-difficult-that-it-s/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I always tell my writing students that every good piece of writing begins with both a mystery and a love story. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-house/i-always-tell-my-writing-students-that-every-good-piece-of-writing/)

[Silas House](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silas-house/)

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> [If you're a writer, write. You just keep writing. And if you're a filmmaker, you keep doing what you can to keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-brunetti/if-you-re-a-writer-write-you-just-keep-writing-and-if-you-re-a/)

[Dana Brunetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dana-brunetti/)

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> [“I can tell you that the writing of a book, no matter how deeply, profoundly personal-if it is literature, if you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dani-shapiro/i-can-tell-you-that-the-writing-of-a-book-no-matter-how-deeply/)

[Dani Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dani-shapiro/)

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> [How often I have tried to tell writing students that the first thing a writer must do is love the reader and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-gilchrist/how-often-i-have-tried-to-tell-writing-students-that-the-first-thing/)

[Ellen Gilchrist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-gilchrist/)

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> [My writings are an exploration, and I think a lot of writers would tell you this, but in writing, you're not simply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-lightman/my-writings-are-an-exploration-and-i-think-a-lot-of-writers-would/)

[Alan Lightman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-lightman/)

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> [What do I do when writing isn't going well? Well, I don't write - which is symptom, cure, and cause. And then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorrie-moore/what-do-i-do-when-writing-isn-t-going-well-well-i-don-t-write-which/)

[Lorrie Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorrie-moore/)

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> [“Some writers might tell you that writing is like a piece of magic - a process of creating something out of nothing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-marshall-stoneking/some-writers-might-tell-you-that-writing-is-like-a-piece-of-magic-a/)

[Billy Marshall Stoneking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-marshall-stoneking/)

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> [“writing about drugs is like that though, isn't it? You can just tell when someone is writing about drugs and they've never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irvine-welsh/writing-about-drugs-is-like-that-though-isn-t-it-you-can-just-tell/)

[Irvine Welsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irvine-welsh/)

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