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title: "34 Writer Feel Quotes by 32 authors"
description: "Browse 34 Writer Feel quotes by 32 authors. Discover the best Writer Feel sayings and thoughts."
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> [As a writer you sometimes feel the need to shake things up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-meyer/as-a-writer-you-sometimes-feel-the-need-to-shake-things-up/)

[George Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-meyer/)

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> [A writer should always feel like he's in over his head](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-cunningham/a-writer-should-always-feel-like-he-s-in-over-his-head/)

[Michael Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-cunningham/)

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> [I have truly known what it means for a writer to feel loved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/i-have-truly-known-what-it-means-for-a-writer-to-feel-loved/)

[Arundhati Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arundhati-roy/)

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> [I am a driven writer. I feel guilty if I don't write, not self-indulgent if I do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marge-piercy/i-am-a-driven-writer-i-feel-guilty-if-i-don-t-write-not-self/)

[Marge Piercy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marge-piercy/)

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> [I sometimes feel like a British writer more so than I feel like an American writer. But I think that has to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-messud/i-sometimes-feel-like-a-british-writer-more-so-than-i-feel-like-an/)

[Claire Messud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-messud/)

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> [I think if you want to make a recipe for making a writer, have them feel a little out of place everywhere,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-manuel-miranda/i-think-if-you-want-to-make-a-recipe-for-making-a-writer-have-them-2/)

[Lin-Manuel Miranda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-manuel-miranda/)

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> [Writing is alone, but I don't think it's lonely. Ask any writer if they feel lonely when they're writing their book, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/writing-is-alone-but-i-don-t-think-it-s-lonely-ask-any-writer-if-they/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [I'm not a writer where I feel particularly blessed by great inspiration every day. I don't. I have to work really hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-m-not-a-writer-where-i-feel-particularly-blessed-by-great/)

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

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> [One should be a painter. As a writer, I feel the beauty, which is almost entirely colour, very subtle, very changeable, running…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/one-should-be-a-painter-as-a-writer-i-feel-the-beauty-which-is-almost/)

[Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/)

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> [The writer I feel the most affinity with - you said you felt my books are 19th century novels, I think they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/the-writer-i-feel-the-most-affinity-with-you-said-you-felt-my-books/)

[Jonathan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-coe/)

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> [I am not a writer, but I feel that when our production company is successful, we'll be able to give some young…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viola-davis/i-am-not-a-writer-but-i-feel-that-when-our-production-company-is/)

[Viola Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viola-davis/)

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> [Morocco is such a beautiful place. It's incredibly beautiful. And also it is captivating place because for a writer, you feel that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fatema-mernissi/morocco-is-such-a-beautiful-place-it-s-incredibly-beautiful-and-also/)

[Fatema Mernissi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fatema-mernissi/)

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> [You need to keep something for yourself. As a writer, I feel that even more strongly. I feel like I need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-chapman/you-need-to-keep-something-for-yourself-as-a-writer-i-feel-that-even/)

[Tracy Chapman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-chapman/)

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> [Images work on so many different levels. As a writer you feel them, try not to get in their way or narrow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-sheck/images-work-on-so-many-different-levels-as-a-writer-you-feel-them-try/)

[Laurie Sheck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-sheck/)

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> [I don't think there's any topic a writer should feel afraid of tackling just because it has already been discussed. If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jami-attenberg/i-don-t-think-there-s-any-topic-a-writer-should-feel-afraid-of/)

[Jami Attenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jami-attenberg/)

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> [My days are filled with writing, reading, and being a mom. Some days, I get to visit schools around the country and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kimberly-willis-holt/my-days-are-filled-with-writing-reading-and-being-a-mom-some-days-i/)

[Kimberly Willis Holt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kimberly-willis-holt/)

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> [I definitely think of myself still as a writer first, and feel like - with the lucky exception of this - any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-fey/i-definitely-think-of-myself-still-as-a-writer-first-and-feel-like/)

[Tina Fey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-fey/)

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> [I feel as though I never had choice not to be a writer. I feel in my heart of hearts that writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerdine-nolen/i-feel-as-though-i-never-had-choice-not-to-be-a-writer-i-feel-in-my/)

[Jerdine Nolen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerdine-nolen/)

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> [“As a writer, you often feel invisible. No one is waiting for what you are writing; life goes on as you sit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-morris/as-a-writer-you-often-feel-invisible-no-one-is-waiting-for-what-you/)

[James Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-morris/)

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> [I feel very lucky and privileged to be a writer. I feel lucky in the sense that I can branch out into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/i-feel-very-lucky-and-privileged-to-be-a-writer-i-feel-lucky-in-the/)

[Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/)

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> [My literary criticism has become less specifically academic. I was really writing literary history in The New Poetic, but my general practice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-karlson-stead/my-literary-criticism-has-become-less-specifically-academic-i-was/)

[Christian Karlson Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-karlson-stead/)

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> [Most writers begin with accounts of their first home, their family, and the town, often from quite a hostile point of view-love/hate,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-updike/most-writers-begin-with-accounts-of-their-first-home-their-family-and/)

[John Updike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-updike/)

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> [“I've never heard a writer feel that way about a device with a screen. Oh sure, they're functional, practical. We would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dani-shapiro/i-ve-never-heard-a-writer-feel-that-way-about-a-device-with-a-screen/)

[Dani Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dani-shapiro/)

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> [I just feel like it's easier to co-write sometimes, especially if you have chemistry with somebody. It kind of takes all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-lambert/i-just-feel-like-it-s-easier-to-co-write-sometimes-especially-if-you/)

[Miranda Lambert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-lambert/)

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> [When I pick a story, I'm very much aware of the larger issues that it's illuminating. But one of the things that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-boo/when-i-pick-a-story-i-m-very-much-aware-of-the-larger-issues-that-it/)

[Katherine Boo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-boo/)

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> [If you read the biographies of people who have written good books, you often see the point where they suddenly come into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-franzen/if-you-read-the-biographies-of-people-who-have-written-good-books-you/)

[Jonathan Franzen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-franzen/)

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> [“The other thing that I would say about writer's block is that it can be very, very subjective. By which I mean,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/the-other-thing-that-i-would-say-about-writer-s-block-is-that-it-can/)

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

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> [It's not a bad thing for a writer not to feel at home. Writers - we're much more comfortable at parties standing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/it-s-not-a-bad-thing-for-a-writer-not-to-feel-at-home-writers-we-re/)

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

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> [My job as a human being as well as a writer is to feel as thoroughly as possible the experience that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-hirshfield/my-job-as-a-human-being-as-well-as-a-writer-is-to-feel-as-thoroughly/)

[Jane Hirshfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-hirshfield/)

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> [A wise writer will feel that the ends of study and composition are best answered by announcing undiscovered regions of thought, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-wise-writer-will-feel-that-the-ends-of-study-and-composition-are/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [“I think if you want to make a recipe for making a writer, have them feel a little out of place everywhere,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-manuel-miranda/i-think-if-you-want-to-make-a-recipe-for-making-a-writer-have-them/)

[Lin-Manuel Miranda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-manuel-miranda/)

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> [I wanted to be a writer. I still want to be a prose writer. I feel I am more temperamentally suited to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juliana-hatfield/i-wanted-to-be-a-writer-i-still-want-to-be-a-prose-writer-i-feel-i-am/)

[Juliana Hatfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juliana-hatfield/)

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> [As a writer I feel more like a filter than a performer. I absorb and observe and then I name scatterings of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-hunt/as-a-writer-i-feel-more-like-a-filter-than-a-performer-i-absorb-and/)

[Samantha Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-hunt/)

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> [Without sounding defensive, I would say that sometimes TV critics assume that after a few episodes the writers 'finally understand the characters,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/without-sounding-defensive-i-would-say-that-sometimes-tv-critics/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

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                        "text": "I just feel like it's easier to co-write sometimes, especially if you have chemistry with somebody. It kind of takes all the pressure off of you. But, you know, I started writing songs by myself. I didn't really have a co-writer, besides my dad. When I see a record and it has a song on it that someone wrote [alone], I just really believe in them as a writer. I feel like it's a window into them, more than it is if you write a song with someone else.",
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                        "text": "If you read the biographies of people who have written good books, you often see the point where they suddenly come into themselves, and those weeks in the spring of 1997 were when I came into myself as a writer. They feel like some of the best weeks of writing I’ll ever have. The discovery that I could write better about something as trivial as an ordinary family dinner than I could about the exploding prison population of the United States, and the corporatization of American life, and all the other things I’d been trying to do, was a real revelation.",
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                        "text": "“The other thing that I would say about writer's block is that it can be very, very subjective. By which I mean, you can have one of those days when you sit down and every word is crap. It is awful . You cannot understand how or why you are writing, what gave you the illusion or delusion that you would every have anything to say that anybody would ever want to listen to. You're not quite sure why you're wasting your time. And if there is one thing you're sure of, it's that everything that is being written that day is rubbish. I would also note that on those days (especially if deadlines and things are involved) is that I keep writing. The following day, when I actually come to look at what has been written, I will usually look at what I did the day before, and think, \"That's not quite as bad as I remember. All I need to do is delete that line and move that sentence around and its fairly usable. It's not that bad.\" What is really sad and nightmarish (and I should add, completely unfair, in every way. And I mean it -- utterly, utterly, unfair!) is that two years later, or three years later, although you will remember very well, very clearly, that there was a point in this particular scene when you hit a horrible Writer's Block from Hell, and you will also remember there was point in this particular scene where you were writing and the words dripped like magic diamonds from your fingers -- as if the Gods were speaking through you and every sentence was a thing of beauty and magic and brilliance. You can remember just as clearly that there was a point in the story, in that same scene, when the characters had turned into pathetic cardboard cut-outs and nothing they said mattered at all. You remember this very, very clearly. The problem is you are now doing a reading and you cannot for the life of you remember which bits were the gifts of the Gods and dripped from your fingers like magical words and which bits were the nightmare things you just barely created and got down on paper somehow!! Which I consider most unfair. As a writer, you feel like one or the other should be better. I wouldn't mind which. I'm not somebody who's saying, \"I really wish the stuff from the Gods was better.\" I wouldn't mind which way it went. I would just like one of them to be better. Rather than when it's a few years later, and you're reading the scene out loud and you don't know, and you cannot tell. It's obviously all written by the same person and it all gets the same kind of reaction from an audience. No one leaps up to say, \"Oh look, that paragraph was clearly written on an 'off' day.\" It is very unfair. I don't think anybody who isn't a writer would ever understand how quite unfair it is.”",
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