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title: "7 Writer Head Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [I think, as a writer, I'm in my own head.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ta-nehisi-coates/i-think-as-a-writer-i-m-in-my-own-head/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26d/ta-nehisi-coates-733_head_i-think-as-a-writer-i-m-in-my-own-head-5_523568.png)

> [There's a practical problem about time and energy, and a more subtle problem of what it does to a writer's head, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/there-s-a-practical-problem-about-time-and-energy-and-a-more-subtle/)

[Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/537/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_doe_there-s-a-practical-problem-about-time-a_1178141.jpg)

> [“No book can be written till it wants to be written, till it shouts to be written, and raises up a persistent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jyoti-arora/no-book-can-be-written-till-it-wants-to-be-written-till-it-shouts-to/)

[Jyoti Arora](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jyoti-arora/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d56/jyoti-arora-25833_book_no-book-can-be-written-till-it-wants-to_1675047.jpg)

> [I love writing on trains. The joy of being a writer is it's all in your head; you don't need materials apart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadie-jones/i-love-writing-on-trains-the-joy-of-being-a-writer-is-it-s-all-in/)

[Sadie Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadie-jones/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/999/sadie-jones-20359_apart_i-love-writing-on-trains-the-joy-of-bein_2380210.jpg)

> [“Finishing a book has massive implications for the writer, an empty head and an empty bank account springs to mind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-scott/finishing-a-book-has-massive-implications-for-the-writer-an-empty/)

[Ken Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-scott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/690/ken-scott-34558_bank-account_finishing-a-book-has-massive-implication_2547577.jpg)

> [“This is what drives a young writer out of his head, this feeling that nothing is being said.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-saroyan/this-is-what-drives-a-young-writer-out-of-his-head-this-feeling-that/)

[William Saroyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-saroyan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c6/william-saroyan-1743_books_this-is-what-drives-a-young-writer-out-o_2768527.jpg)

> [It can be very lonely and depressing to be a writer, and to be alone in your own head.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-robespierre/it-can-be-very-lonely-and-depressing-to-be-a-writer-and-to-be-alone/)

[Gillian Robespierre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-robespierre/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/217/gillian-robespierre-82532_depressing_it-can-be-very-lonely-and-depressing-to_2817650.jpg)

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