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title: "23 Writer Didn Quotes by 23 authors"
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> [I started as a writer. I didn't play music until late in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mat-kearney/i-started-as-a-writer-i-didn-t-play-music-until-late-in-life/)

[Mat Kearney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mat-kearney/)

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> [“An author is a writer who didn't give up.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/an-author-is-a-writer-who-didn-t-give-up/)

[Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/)

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> [I thought I was a pretty good writer, but I didn't have anything to write about. I wanted to go out in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-smith/i-thought-i-was-a-pretty-good-writer-but-i-didn-t-have-anything-to/)

[Shane Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-smith/)

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> [Half the reason I turned into a writer is you didn't have to show up anywhere. You could work naked.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-stahl/half-the-reason-i-turned-into-a-writer-is-you-didn-t-have-to-show-up/)

[Jerry Stahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-stahl/)

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> [When I was a kid, I wanted to be a writer, but I didn't think it would really be possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-joy/when-i-was-a-kid-i-wanted-to-be-a-writer-but-i-didn-t-think-it-would/)

[Lisa Joy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-joy/)

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> [When I was younger, I didn't like shooting part, because I was more of a writer and didn't like being the center…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannes-holm/when-i-was-younger-i-didn-t-like-shooting-part-because-i-was-more-of/)

[Hannes Holm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannes-holm/)

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> [I think I became a writer because I didn't know of anything else to do. Maybe some incident from my childhood influenced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-modiano/i-think-i-became-a-writer-because-i-didn-t-know-of-anything-else-to/)

[Patrick Modiano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-modiano/)

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> [I think my parents recognised that I'd always wanted to be a writer, and so they didn't think that this was some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chang-rae-lee/i-think-my-parents-recognised-that-i-d-always-wanted-to-be-a-writer/)

[Chang-Rae Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chang-rae-lee/)

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> [I'd given up everything to be a writer, and if I didn't then go on to do that - to write -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-salter/i-d-given-up-everything-to-be-a-writer-and-if-i-didn-t-then-go-on-to/)

[James Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-salter/)

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> [He's a great writer. If I didn't think so I wouldn't have tried to kill him... I was the champ and when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/he-s-a-great-writer-if-i-didn-t-think-so-i-wouldn-t-have-tried-to/)

[Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/)

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> [There's so much shame involved in not being like everyone else. But I learned that the things that made me unique were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-lawson/there-s-so-much-shame-involved-in-not-being-like-everyone-else-but-i/)

[Jenny Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-lawson/)

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> [“There was silence. No one looked at me. People pretended to be absorbed in their phones. One writer didn’t even have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/there-was-silence-no-one-looked-at-me-people-pretended-to-be-absorbed/)

[Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/)

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> [My father never wanted me to be a writer. He didn't - he came to terms with it maybe two years before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/my-father-never-wanted-me-to-be-a-writer-he-didn-t-he-came-to-terms/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [“I had been a writer all of my life, every waking second, and now that part of my life was over. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bonnie-greer/i-had-been-a-writer-all-of-my-life-every-waking-second-and-now-that/)

[Bonnie Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bonnie-greer/)

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> [The first five years as a writer, I didn't know how to write at all. I couldn't write my way out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meltzer/the-first-five-years-as-a-writer-i-didn-t-know-how-to-write-at-all-i/)

[Richard Meltzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meltzer/)

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> [I loved writing when I was a kid and thought about being a writer then. But I didn't have the confidence or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcia-clark/i-loved-writing-when-i-was-a-kid-and-thought-about-being-a-writer/)

[Marcia Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcia-clark/)

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> [I never even dreamt of being a writer because I didn't feel allowed. When I was a child I was terribly ambitious,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelie-nothomb/i-never-even-dreamt-of-being-a-writer-because-i-didn-t-feel-allowed/)

[Amelie Nothomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelie-nothomb/)

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> [“I have never met a writer who didn't need an editor, and an editor without a writer is a person without a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-beam/i-have-never-met-a-writer-who-didn-t-need-an-editor-and-an-editor/)

[Alex Beam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-beam/)

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> [“I was afraid to become a writer. I didn't think I had the ability - it was too big a thing. Who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/i-was-afraid-to-become-a-writer-i-didn-t-think-i-had-the-ability-it/)

[Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/)

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> [“All you had to say was, 'I am a writer,' and you became one. You didn't even have to write anything. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-black/all-you-had-to-say-was-i-am-a-writer-and-you-became-one-you-didn-t/)

[Lewis Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-black/)

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> [I started writing in the '90s, so I was free to just have an eccentric career and not conform to some idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/i-started-writing-in-the-90s-so-i-was-free-to-just-have-an-eccentric/)

[Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/)

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> [My dad and mom divorced when I was around ten, and I didn't live with him after that, though he was close…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/my-dad-and-mom-divorced-when-i-was-around-ten-and-i-didn-t-live-with/)

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

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> [Sometimes you'll read something and think, "What is going on here? There must be more to this." The constraints of the news…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshuah-bearman/sometimes-you-ll-read-something-and-think-what-is-going-on-here-there/)

[Joshuah Bearman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshuah-bearman/)

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