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title: "21 Write Honestly Quotes by 18 authors"
description: "Browse 21 Write Honestly quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Write Honestly sayings and thoughts."
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> [To write honestly and with all our powers is the least we can do, and the most.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eudora-welty/to-write-honestly-and-with-all-our-powers-is-the-least-we-can-do-and/)

[Eudora Welty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eudora-welty/)

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> [You have to be quite brave to write about something that you honestly feel and think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sampha/you-have-to-be-quite-brave-to-write-about-something-that-you-honestly/)

[Sampha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sampha/)

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> [“Be patient and write honestly from your heart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ora-rosalin/be-patient-and-write-honestly-from-your-heart/)

[Ora Rosalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ora-rosalin/)

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> [I try and write honestly about what I see around me now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bragg/i-try-and-write-honestly-about-what-i-see-around-me-now/)

[Billy Bragg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bragg/)

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> [It's so easy for me to do a boy-bashing pop song, but to sit down and write honestly about something that's really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avril-lavigne/it-s-so-easy-for-me-to-do-a-boy-bashing-pop-song-but-to-sit-down-and/)

[Avril Lavigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avril-lavigne/)

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> [I write what I write and I honestly don't care if it gets on or not. I'm writing to see if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-gelbart/i-write-what-i-write-and-i-honestly-don-t-care-if-it-gets-on-or-not-i/)

[Larry Gelbart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-gelbart/)

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> [I feel like my job is to look at the world and to report what I see, to write what I see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ta-nehisi-coates/i-feel-like-my-job-is-to-look-at-the-world-and-to-report-what-i-see/)

[Ta-Nehisi Coates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ta-nehisi-coates/)

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> [Language the most forcible proceeds from the man who is most sincere. The way to speak with power, or to write words…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-lyman-magoon/language-the-most-forcible-proceeds-from-the-man-who-is-most-sincere/)

[Elias Lyman Magoon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-lyman-magoon/)

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> [“If you you write with enough assurance and confidence, you’re allowed to do whatever you like. So write your story as it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/if-you-you-write-with-enough-assurance-and-confidence-you-re-allowed/)

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

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> [It's always difficult to write honestly of one's deepest feelings, particularly without the protective veil of fiction. But the more difficult, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alix-kates-shulman/it-s-always-difficult-to-write-honestly-of-one-s-deepest-feelings/)

[Alix Kates Shulman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alix-kates-shulman/)

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> [I think I write honestly about what goes on in a guy’s mind, and girls are interested in that. As a sex,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-lightbody/i-think-i-write-honestly-about-what-goes-on-in-a-guy-s-mind-and-girls/)

[Gary Lightbody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-lightbody/)

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> [I always wanted to write. But honestly I'm glad I didn't do it back when I was twenty-five or so, when it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-pavone/i-always-wanted-to-write-but-honestly-i-m-glad-i-didn-t-do-it-back/)

[Chris Pavone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-pavone/)

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> [Write. Write every day. Write honestly. Write something that doesn’t exist, and you wish did. Read. Learn. Study. Watch people. Listen to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-michael-bendis/write-write-every-day-write-honestly-write-something-that-doesn-t/)

[Brian Michael Bendis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-michael-bendis/)

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> [Years ago I read an interview with Paula Fox in which she said that in writing, truth is just as important as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-antopol/years-ago-i-read-an-interview-with-paula-fox-in-which-she-said-that/)

[Molly Antopol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-antopol/)

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> [Writing is like praying, because you stop all other activities, descend into silence, and listen patiently to the depths of your soul,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-prejean/writing-is-like-praying-because-you-stop-all-other-activities-descend/)

[Helen Prejean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-prejean/)

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> [ \[A writer\] must try to think clearly, to feel deeply, to write honestly. If he is fortunate he will make a living,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-clark-powell/a-writer-must-try-to-think-clearly-to-feel-deeply-to-write-honestly/)

[Lawrence Clark Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-clark-powell/)

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> [“The only way to write honestly about the scene is to be part of it. If there is one quick truism about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/the-only-way-to-write-honestly-about-the-scene-is-to-be-part-of-it-if/)

[Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/)

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> [“So I am led to one or two choices! Can I write? Will I write if I practice enough? How much should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-plath/so-i-am-led-to-one-or-two-choices-can-i-write-will-i-write-if-i/)

[Sylvia Plath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-plath/)

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> [“We do need to bring to our writing, over and over again, all the abundance we possess. To be able, to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eudora-welty/we-do-need-to-bring-to-our-writing-over-and-over-again-all-the/)

[Eudora Welty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eudora-welty/)

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> [“1. Write. 2. Put one word after another. Find the right word, put it down. 3. Finish what you're writing. Whatever you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/1-write-2-put-one-word-after-another-find-the-right-word-put-it-down/)

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

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> [For me, when I'm writing something really personal, I don't feel good about it. It's weird that people can connect to it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sampha/for-me-when-i-m-writing-something-really-personal-i-don-t-feel-good/)

[Sampha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sampha/)

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