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> [Any writer who knows what he's doing isn't doing very much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-algren/any-writer-who-knows-what-he-s-doing-isn-t-doing-very-much/)

[Nelson Algren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-algren/)

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> [When a writer knows home in his heart, his heart must remain subtly apart from it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-morris/when-a-writer-knows-home-in-his-heart-his-heart-must-remain-subtly/)

[Willie Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-morris/)

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> [Every writer knows a lot more about their characters and story than actually makes it onto the page.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-hobb/every-writer-knows-a-lot-more-about-their-characters-and-story-than/)

[Robin Hobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-hobb/)

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> [The writer knows his own worth, and to be overvalued can confuse and destroy him as an artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-r-jackson/the-writer-knows-his-own-worth-and-to-be-overvalued-can-confuse-and/)

[Charles R. Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-r-jackson/)

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> [Any writer knows that what's left out is as essential, if not more so, than what's there. Unlearning works that way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-tillman/any-writer-knows-that-what-s-left-out-is-as-essential-if-not-more-so/)

[Lynne Tillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynne-tillman/)

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> [Nothing is more flattering for a writer than when someone knows your work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilton-als/nothing-is-more-flattering-for-a-writer-than-when-someone-knows-your/)

[Hilton Als](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilton-als/)

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> [There ought to be some sign in a book about man, that the writer knows thoroughly one man at least.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-moore-colby/there-ought-to-be-some-sign-in-a-book-about-man-that-the-writer-knows/)

[Frank Moore Colby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-moore-colby/)

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> [“Not everyone who knows how to write can be a writer. Not everyone who knows two languages can be a translator.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nataly-kelly/not-everyone-who-knows-how-to-write-can-be-a-writer-not-everyone-who/)

[Nataly Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nataly-kelly/)

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> [I often get asked how I write so much. As any writer knows, the answer is to write a lot more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-feld/i-often-get-asked-how-i-write-so-much-as-any-writer-knows-the-answer/)

[Brad Feld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-feld/)

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> [Personally, I am always more impressed by simplicity, clarity; it is the mark of a writer who knows his subject well and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-lukeman/personally-i-am-always-more-impressed-by-simplicity-clarity-it-is-the/)

[Noah Lukeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noah-lukeman/)

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> [Any writer knows he has to pay for his compliments. As soon as he has said, Why, thank you, that's very generous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-jane-ward/any-writer-knows-he-has-to-pay-for-his-compliments-as-soon-as-he-has/)

[Mary Jane Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-jane-ward/)

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> [It's always incredible though when you feel like the writer knows the character intimately and can see their life sprawling away outside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-ritchie/it-s-always-incredible-though-when-you-feel-like-the-writer-knows-the/)

[Charlotte Ritchie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-ritchie/)

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> [If a writer knows enough about what he is writing about, he may omit things that he knows. The dignity of movement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/if-a-writer-knows-enough-about-what-he-is-writing-about-he-may-omit/)

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

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> [No writing effort is ever wasted. At the very least, it's practice, and a writer never knows when he or she might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-fowler/no-writing-effort-is-ever-wasted-at-the-very-least-it-s-practice-and/)

[Therese Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/therese-fowler/)

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> [The short-story writer knows that he can't proceed cumulatively, that time is not his ally. His only solution is to work vertically,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julio-cort-zar/the-short-story-writer-knows-that-he-can-t-proceed-cumulatively-that/)

[Julio Cortazar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julio-cort-zar/)

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> [“It is a wise writer who knows his own subconcious." And not only knows it but lets it speak of the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/it-is-a-wise-writer-who-knows-his-own-subconcious-and-not-only-knows/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

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> [“There is this quality esteemed within every good writer. She knows…she knows that truth must be un-sheltered within every human transition phase…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dew-platt/there-is-this-quality-esteemed-within-every-good-writer-she-knows-she/)

[Dew Platt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dew-platt/)

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> [Anyone who is going to be a writer knows enough at fifteen to write several novels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/may-sarton/anyone-who-is-going-to-be-a-writer-knows-enough-at-fifteen-to-write/)

[May Sarton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/may-sarton/)

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> [Every writer knows the terror of an unexpected success. How to carry on? How to repeat it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roberts-rinehart/every-writer-knows-the-terror-of-an-unexpected-success-how-to-carry/)

[Mary Roberts Rinehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roberts-rinehart/)

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> [Every writer knows that unless you were born gifted with either supreme confidence or outsize ego, handing in your work holds, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/every-writer-knows-that-unless-you-were-born-gifted-with-either/)

[Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cavett/)

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> [Ours is a precarious language, as every writer knows, in which the merest shadow line often separates affirmation from negation, sense from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/ours-is-a-precarious-language-as-every-writer-knows-in-which-the/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

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> [“Art educates. That's why writers must know life. . .If the writer knows life, his work is often progressive, even though his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slawomir-mrozek/art-educates-that-s-why-writers-must-know-life-if-the-writer-knows/)

[slawomir mrozek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slawomir-mrozek/)

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> [Every writer knows that when you're imitating somebody - you know, you're sounding like Faulkner - you're doing pretty good, but your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/every-writer-knows-that-when-you-re-imitating-somebody-you-know-you/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [If a writer knows what he or she is doing, I'll go along for the ride. If he or she doesn't... well,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/if-a-writer-knows-what-he-or-she-is-doing-i-ll-go-along-for-the-ride/)

[Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/)

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> [When a writer knows home in his heart, his heart must remain subtly apart from it. He must always be a stranger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morris/when-a-writer-knows-home-in-his-heart-his-heart-must-remain-subtly-2/)

[William Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morris/)

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