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title: "22 Urge Write Quotes by 20 authors"
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> [“If you get the urge, then write about it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-brooks/if-you-get-the-urge-then-write-about-it/)

[Terry Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-brooks/)

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> [If you feel the urge to write, just lie down and read a book: it will pass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-lebowitz/if-you-feel-the-urge-to-write-just-lie-down-and-read-a-book-it-will/)

[Fran Lebowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-lebowitz/)

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> [That urge to write No one gives a shit on someone's status](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/that-urge-to-write-no-one-gives-a-shit-on-someone-s-status/)

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

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> [If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be my last.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naguib-mahfouz/if-the-urge-to-write-should-ever-leave-me-i-want-that-day-to-be-my/)

[Naguib Mahfouz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naguib-mahfouz/)

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> [That urge you get to write no one gives a shit on someones status.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/becca/that-urge-you-get-to-write-no-one-gives-a-shit-on-someones-status/)

[Becca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/becca/)

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> [Having the urge to write is one thing; acting on it is another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-peter-clark/having-the-urge-to-write-is-one-thing-acting-on-it-is-another/)

[Roy Peter Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-peter-clark/)

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> [I feel so at home in New York that I don't have the urge to write about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/italo-calvino/i-feel-so-at-home-in-new-york-that-i-don-t-have-the-urge-to-write/)

[Italo Calvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/italo-calvino/)

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> [If you have that unconquerable urge to write, nothing will stop you from writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-dreiser/if-you-have-that-unconquerable-urge-to-write-nothing-will-stop-you/)

[Theodore Dreiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-dreiser/)

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> [Scientists have a strong urge to write papers but only a relatively mild one to read them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-j-de-solla-price/scientists-have-a-strong-urge-to-write-papers-but-only-a-relatively/)

[Derek J. de Solla Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-j-de-solla-price/)

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> [My urge to write is an urge not to self-expressionism but to self-transcendence. My work is both bigger and smaller than I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-sontag/my-urge-to-write-is-an-urge-not-to-self-expressionism-but-to-self/)

[Susan Sontag](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-sontag/)

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> [I don't think it's good to say that you won't do certain things, but I don't necessarily have the natural urge to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alia-shawkat/i-don-t-think-it-s-good-to-say-that-you-won-t-do-certain-things-but-i/)

[Alia Shawkat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alia-shawkat/)

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> [The urge to write one's autobiography, so I have been told, overtakes everyone sooner or later.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/the-urge-to-write-one-s-autobiography-so-i-have-been-told-overtakes/)

[Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/)

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> [The history of my life is the history of the struggle between an overwhelming urge to write and a combination of circumstances…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/the-history-of-my-life-is-the-history-of-the-struggle-between-an/)

[F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/)

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> [If you don't have to write songs, why write them? I've got enough where I don't really feel the urge to write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/if-you-don-t-have-to-write-songs-why-write-them-i-ve-got-enough-where/)

[Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/)

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> [Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-lebowitz/very-few-people-possess-true-artistic-ability-it-is-therefore-both-2/)

[Fran Lebowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-lebowitz/)

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> [“My writing, it’s my way of making sense of everything. My way to feel whole. May I never be complete and may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-eriksson/my-writing-it-s-my-way-of-making-sense-of-everything-my-way-to-feel/)

[Charlotte Eriksson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-eriksson/)

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> [Having the urge to write a novel, especially if you've yet to be published, is like having a medical condition impossible to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-harris/having-the-urge-to-write-a-novel-especially-if-you-ve-yet-to-be/)

[Robert Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-harris/)

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> [Sometimes a poem starts because I feel the urge to write about something from which I carry a great deal of shame,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bao-phi/sometimes-a-poem-starts-because-i-feel-the-urge-to-write-about/)

[Bao Phi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bao-phi/)

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> [Mostly, in song writing, my experience is that there isn't so much inspiration as hard work. You sit there for hours, days…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bj-rn-ulvaeus/mostly-in-song-writing-my-experience-is-that-there-isn-t-so-much/)

[Bjorn Ulvaeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bj-rn-ulvaeus/)

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> [I find it hard to write poems in reaction to world/national events unless there's a way in that's so evident to me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allison-joseph/i-find-it-hard-to-write-poems-in-reaction-to-world-national-events/)

[Allison Joseph](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allison-joseph/)

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> [I always had the urge to write. Not in the sense of wanting to be a writer, but just writing things down,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-o-farrell/i-always-had-the-urge-to-write-not-in-the-sense-of-wanting-to-be-a/)

[Maggie O'Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-o-farrell/)

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> [“Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-lebowitz/very-few-people-possess-true-artistic-ability-it-is-therefore-both/)

[Fran Lebowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-lebowitz/)

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