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title: "14 Took Writing Quotes by 13 authors"
description: "Browse 14 Took Writing quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Took Writing sayings and thoughts."
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> [I took my writing seriously, and it seemed to pay off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-r-delany/i-took-my-writing-seriously-and-it-seemed-to-pay-off/)

[Samuel R. Delany](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-r-delany/)

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> [I never took a writing class.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-pelecanos/i-never-took-a-writing-class/)

[George Pelecanos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-pelecanos/)

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> [I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-reilly-giff/i-have-no-special-talent-you-know-i-never-took-a-writing-course/)

[Patricia Reilly Giff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-reilly-giff/)

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> [I took up writing to escape the drudgery of that every day cubicle kind of war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-mosley/i-took-up-writing-to-escape-the-drudgery-of-that-every-day-cubicle/)

[Walter Mosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-mosley/)

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> [I was not going to use writing for advertising or journalism. I would tend bar, load trucks, chauffeur - do whatever it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-lehane/i-was-not-going-to-use-writing-for-advertising-or-journalism-i-would/)

[Dennis Lehane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-lehane/)

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> [I dabbled in writing, wrote really bad poetry in high school. I also took a few writing classes when I was an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesmyn-ward/i-dabbled-in-writing-wrote-really-bad-poetry-in-high-school-i-also/)

[Jesmyn Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesmyn-ward/)

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> [I took a writing class in college, liked it, and my first year out of school I couldn't get a job, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-kazan/i-took-a-writing-class-in-college-liked-it-and-my-first-year-out-of/)

[Zoe Kazan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-kazan/)

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> ['Back to Blood' really took it out of me. While I was writing it, I just never went out anywhere, except to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wolfe/back-to-blood-really-took-it-out-of-me-while-i-was-writing-it-i-just/)

[Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wolfe/)

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> [I took to writing at an early age to escape from meaninglessness, uselessness, unimportance, insignificance, poverty, enslavement, ill health, despair, madness, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-saroyan/i-took-to-writing-at-an-early-age-to-escape-from-meaninglessness/)

[William Saroyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-saroyan/)

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> [I took up writing because I needed money. And I continued to write because it's safer than stealing and easier than working.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/i-took-up-writing-because-i-needed-money-and-i-continued-to-write/)

[Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/)

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> [ I hated the culture \[working in the bank\], I hated the work. I very quickly realized that this wasn't what I wanted… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharif-abdel-kouddous/i-hated-the-culture-working-in-the-bank-i-hated-the-work-i-very/)

[Sharif Abdel Kouddous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharif-abdel-kouddous/)

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> [I took to writing as my medicine to help me stay afloat in acting career journey. I wrote about me breaking hearts,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/omari-hardwick/i-took-to-writing-as-my-medicine-to-help-me-stay-afloat-in-acting/)

[Omari Hardwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/omari-hardwick/)

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> [“For the first time in my life I took to writing things on walls. The passage-ways of several smart restaurants had '…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/for-the-first-time-in-my-life-i-took-to-writing-things-on-walls-the/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

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> [I hated the culture, I hated the work. I very quickly realized that this wasn't what I wanted to do. So, after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharif-abdel-kouddous/i-hated-the-culture-i-hated-the-work-i-very-quickly-realized-that/)

[Sharif Abdel Kouddous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharif-abdel-kouddous/)

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