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title: "7 Write Desire Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Write Desire quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Write Desire sayings and thoughts."
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> [ \[You write out of the\] desire to seem clever, to be talked about, to be remembered after death, etc., etc., etc. It… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/you-write-out-of-the-desire-to-seem-clever-to-be-talked-about-to-be/)

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

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> [One of the things that has always motivated me to write is the desire to get it out and look at it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carly-simon/one-of-the-things-that-has-always-motivated-me-to-write-is-the-desire/)

[Carly Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carly-simon/)

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> [I will write in words of fire. I will write them on your skin. I will write about desire. Write beginnings, write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-will-write-in-words-of-fire-i-will-write-them-on-your-skin-i-will/)

[Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/)

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> [Those who write against vanity want the glory of having written well, and their readers the glory of reading well, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/those-who-write-against-vanity-want-the-glory-of-having-written-well/)

[Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/)

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> [There's constant drama, and I'm busy, busy, but at the center of the madness is the desire to write, the need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jillian-medoff/there-s-constant-drama-and-i-m-busy-busy-but-at-the-center-of-the/)

[Jillian Medoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jillian-medoff/)

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> [It's hard to write sex because it's hard to write desire, period.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-brady/it-s-hard-to-write-sex-because-it-s-hard-to-write-desire-period/)

[Catherine Brady](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-brady/)

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> [Vanity is so anchored in the heart of man that a soldier, a soldier's servant, a cook, a porter brags and wishes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/vanity-is-so-anchored-in-the-heart-of-man-that-a-soldier-a-soldier-s/)

[Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/)

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