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title: "11 Write Half Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [I write best in the morning, and I can only write for about half a day, that's about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norton-juster/i-write-best-in-the-morning-and-i-can-only-write-for-about-half-a-day/)

[Norton Juster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norton-juster/)

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> [With crime fiction, you have to write a half-dozen before they catch on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-banville/with-crime-fiction-you-have-to-write-a-half-dozen-before-they-catch-on/)

[John Banville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-banville/)

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> [I did not write half of what I saw, for I knew I would not be believed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-did-not-write-half-of-what-i-saw-for-i-knew-i-would-not-be-believed/)

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

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> [It seems the only way to write a half decent book is to worry oneself sick on an hourly basis that one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-de-botton/it-seems-the-only-way-to-write-a-half-decent-book-is-to-worry-oneself/)

[Alain de Botton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-de-botton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bd/alain-de-botton-221_bases_it-seems-the-only-way-to-write-a-half-de_821550.jpg)

> [If you write a half hour a day it makes a lot of writing year by year.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-stein/if-you-write-a-half-hour-a-day-it-makes-a-lot-of-writing-year-by-year/)

[Gertrude Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-stein/)

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> [The secret of successful journalism is to make your readers so angry they will write half your paper for you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-e-m-joad/the-secret-of-successful-journalism-is-to-make-your-readers-so-angry/)

[C. E. M. Joad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-e-m-joad/)

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> [If an editor can only make people angry enough, they will write half his newspaper for him for nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/if-an-editor-can-only-make-people-angry-enough-they-will-write-half/)

[Gilbert K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-k-chesterton/)

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> [I don't work on my Sabbath. I write five-and-a-half or six days a week.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chaim-potok/i-don-t-work-on-my-sabbath-i-write-five-and-a-half-or-six-days-a-week/)

[Chaim Potok](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chaim-potok/)

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> [“If you write a half hour a day it makes a lot of writing year by year. To be sure all day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mason-currey/if-you-write-a-half-hour-a-day-it-makes-a-lot-of-writing-year-by-year-2/)

[Mason Currey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mason-currey/)

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> [Every time you write anything, at least half your readers are going to disagree with you. A big part of sports writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-posnanski/every-time-you-write-anything-at-least-half-your-readers-are-going-to/)

[Joe Posnanski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-posnanski/)

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> [Basically it takes me very little time to write a song. If I find myself taking more than an hour to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-taupin/basically-it-takes-me-very-little-time-to-write-a-song-if-i-find/)

[Bernie Taupin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-taupin/)

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