--- title: "11 Write Anybody Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Write Anybody quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Write Anybody sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8af/hank-moody-9280_education_i-can-t-teach-you-how-to-write-and-anybo_744439.jpg" --- > [“I can’t teach you how to write, and anybody who says they can is full of shit.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-moody/i-can-t-teach-you-how-to-write-and-anybody-who-says-they-can-is-full/) [Hank Moody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-moody/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8af/hank-moody-9280_education_i-can-t-teach-you-how-to-write-and-anybo_744439.jpg) > [I write for anybody struggling to manage their money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-singletary/i-write-for-anybody-struggling-to-manage-their-money/) [Michelle Singletary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-singletary/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ea/michelle-singletary-8251_manage_i-write-for-anybody-struggling-to-manage_1168795.jpg) > [I don't think I necessarily am prepared to write about anybody else's life but mine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-biersack/i-don-t-think-i-necessarily-am-prepared-to-write-about-anybody-else-s/) [Andy Biersack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-biersack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d15/andy-biersack-2427_about_i-don-t-think-i-necessarily-am-prepared_1502886.png) > [More books have resulted from somebody's need to write than from anybody's need to read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashleigh-brilliant/more-books-have-resulted-from-somebody-s-need-to-write-than-from/) [Ashleigh Brilliant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashleigh-brilliant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/455/ashleigh-brilliant-944_book_more-books-have-resulted-from-somebody-s_1470672.png) > [As a composer at a point where I can absolutely pick and choose what I want to do, I don't want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-lloyd-webber/as-a-composer-at-a-point-where-i-can-absolutely-pick-and-choose-what/) [Andrew Lloyd Webber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-lloyd-webber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/467/andrew-lloyd-webber-7392_care_as-a-composer-at-a-point-where-i-can-abs_190051.jpg) > [I have this theory that people in Hollywood don't read. They read 'Vanity Fair' and then consider themselves terribly well read. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jackie-collins/i-have-this-theory-that-people-in-hollywood-don-t-read-they-read/) [Jackie Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jackie-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc6/jackie-collins-9686_books_i-have-this-theory-that-people-in-hollyw_3045326.jpg) > [I try to write something that would interest anybody and keep them turning the page. You must have a plot and good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-gaines/i-try-to-write-something-that-would-interest-anybody-and-keep-them/) [Ernest Gaines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-gaines/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77f/ernest-gaines-15825_interest_i-try-to-write-something-that-would-inte_106433.jpg) > [I try not to put myself in a box, so I'll write with anybody who wants to. I don't put limitations on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-rhett/i-try-not-to-put-myself-in-a-box-so-i-ll-write-with-anybody-who-wants/) [Thomas Rhett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-rhett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c51/thomas-rhett-10881_box_i-try-not-to-put-myself-in-a-box-so-i-ll_2725331.jpg) > [The thing about stand-up was, not only was I getting to write it without anybody saying I couldn't do it, but I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-glover/the-thing-about-stand-up-was-not-only-was-i-getting-to-write-it/) [Donald Glover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-glover/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af5/donald-glover-7025_kind_the-thing-about-stand-up-was-not-only-wa_2136936.jpg) > [I've never written for anybody else. For me, it was a challenge. I write for me. I don't write for anybody else.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teddy-pendergrass/i-ve-never-written-for-anybody-else-for-me-it-was-a-challenge-i-write/) [Teddy Pendergrass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teddy-pendergrass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/431/teddy-pendergrass-31282_challenges_i-ve-never-written-for-anybody-else-for_2635356.jpg) > [Well, when the Raspberries ended in early 1975 suddenly I didn't have to write to anybody's strengths or weaknesses. I was completely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-carmen/well-when-the-raspberries-ended-in-early-1975-suddenly-i-didn-t-have/) [Eric Carmen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-carmen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adb/eric-carmen-12821_band_well-when-the-raspberries-ended-in-early_602789.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/write-anybody/#itemlist", "name": "Write Anybody Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I can’t teach you how to write, and anybody who says they can is full of shit.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hank Moody" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-moody/i-can-t-teach-you-how-to-write-and-anybody-who-says-they-can-is-full/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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