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title: "74 Writer Life Quotes by 63 authors"
description: "Browse 74 Writer Life quotes by 63 authors. Discover the best Writer Life sayings and thoughts."
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> [The writer's life seethes within but not without.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-burgess/the-writer-s-life-seethes-within-but-not-without/)

[Anthony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-burgess/)

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> [I've been a writer my whole life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scheana-shay/i-ve-been-a-writer-my-whole-life/)

[Scheana Shay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scheana-shay/)

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> [Loafing is the most productive part of a writer's life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-norman-hall/loafing-is-the-most-productive-part-of-a-writer-s-life/)

[James Norman Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-norman-hall/)

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> [The writer’s life is a life of revisions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-franzen/the-writer-s-life-is-a-life-of-revisions/)

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

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> [Reading is the creative center of a writer's life." -](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/reading-is-the-creative-center-of-a-writer-s-life/)

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

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> [Sometimes, a writer's life alone can tell a story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-jacobson/sometimes-a-writer-s-life-alone-can-tell-a-story/)

[Howard Jacobson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-jacobson/)

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> [“There are three certainties in a writer's life: death, taxes, and rejection letters.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-l-rese/there-are-three-certainties-in-a-writer-s-life-death-taxes-and/)

[T.L. Rese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-l-rese/)

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> [You know, I look to myself mainly as a creative writer all my life and a medical doctor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nawal-el-saadawi/you-know-i-look-to-myself-mainly-as-a-creative-writer-all-my-life-and/)

[Nawal El Saadawi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nawal-el-saadawi/)

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> [A writer’s life is in his work, and that is the place to find him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-carol-oates/a-writer-s-life-is-in-his-work-and-that-is-the-place-to-find-him/)

[Joyce Carol Oates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-carol-oates/)

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> [“A writer never takes a vacation. For a writer life consists of either writing or thinking about writing”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eug-ne-ionesco/a-writer-never-takes-a-vacation-for-a-writer-life-consists-of-either/)

[Eugène Ionesco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eug-ne-ionesco/)

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> [What I really wanted was every kind of life, and the writer’s life seemed the most inclusive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-sontag/what-i-really-wanted-was-every-kind-of-life-and-the-writer-s-life/)

[Susan Sontag](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-sontag/)

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> [Iam the writer of my life and its up to me to make my story interesting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chwayita-betshe/iam-the-writer-of-my-life-and-its-up-to-me-to-make-my-story/)

[Chwayita Betshe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chwayita-betshe/)

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> [I've been a writer my whole life. I've just never pursued a career in it since I graduated college.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scheana-shay/i-ve-been-a-writer-my-whole-life-i-ve-just-never-pursued-a-career-in/)

[Scheana Shay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scheana-shay/)

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> [Whatever part drink may play in the writer's life, it must play none in his or her work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kingsley-amis/whatever-part-drink-may-play-in-the-writer-s-life-it-must-play-none/)

[Kingsley Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kingsley-amis/)

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> [I always feel freelance writers are leading a heroic life. I think that is the real writer's life. On the other hand,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-paulin/i-always-feel-freelance-writers-are-leading-a-heroic-life-i-think/)

[Tom Paulin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-paulin/)

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> [“You now get to decide for yourself just what the scope and clarity of your brilliance can be….This is the writer’s life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-herndon/you-now-get-to-decide-for-yourself-just-what-the-scope-and-clarity-of/)

[Scott Herndon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-herndon/)

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> [ The writer's life \[is\] full of frailty and defeat like any other life. What counts is the work. Yet the work can… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barnes/the-writer-s-life-is-full-of-frailty-and-defeat-like-any-other-life/)

[Julian Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barnes/)

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> [Readers are fools. They believe all writing is autobiographical. And so it is, but not in the way they think. The writer's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-setterfield/readers-are-fools-they-believe-all-writing-is-autobiographical-and-so/)

[Diane Setterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-setterfield/)

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> [“The writer’s life requires courage, patience, empathy, openness. It requires the ability to be alone with oneself. Gentle with oneself. To be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dani-shapiro/the-writer-s-life-requires-courage-patience-empathy-openness-it/)

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

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> [“Reading, for pleasure and knowledge, has always been, will always be one of my favorite things to do. (Larry Brown: A Writer's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-brown/reading-for-pleasure-and-knowledge-has-always-been-will-always-be-one/)

[Larry Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-brown/)

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> [Writing is a solitary business. It takes over your life. In some sense, a writer has no life of his own. Even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/writing-is-a-solitary-business-it-takes-over-your-life-in-some-sense/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

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> [A writer's life is so hazardous that anything he does is bad for him. Anything that happens to him is bad: failure's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-l-doctorow/a-writer-s-life-is-so-hazardous-that-anything-he-does-is-bad-for-him/)

[E. L. Doctorow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-l-doctorow/)

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> [“Readers," continued Miss Winter, "are fools. They believe all writing is autobiographical. And so it is, but not in the way they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-setterfield/readers-continued-miss-winter-are-fools-they-believe-all-writing-is/)

[Diane Setterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-setterfield/)

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> [A writer's life is a highly vulnerable, almost naked activity. We don't have to weep about that. The writer makes his choice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-pinter/a-writer-s-life-is-a-highly-vulnerable-almost-naked-activity-we-don-t/)

[Harold Pinter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-pinter/)

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> [“Life gives us struggles first and reward later. And as a writer my life's purpose is to write and tell stories. Some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avijeet-das/life-gives-us-struggles-first-and-reward-later-and-as-a-writer-my/)

[Avijeet Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avijeet-das/)

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> [I think that very often younger writers don't appreciate how much hard work is involved in writing. The part of writing that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-ackerman/i-think-that-very-often-younger-writers-don-t-appreciate-how-much/)

[Diane Ackerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-ackerman/)

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> [“This piece of earth I billet grows small. Bullets of time dart past, dropping shards of opportunity at my feet. And until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chila-woychik/this-piece-of-earth-i-billet-grows-small-bullets-of-time-dart-past/)

[Chila Woychik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chila-woychik/)

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> [The worst time in any writer's life is the two months before publication. ALL writers become mental and pathetic, even those of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/the-worst-time-in-any-writer-s-life-is-the-two-months-before/)

[Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/)

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> [I have a romantic conception of the writer's life, and the sort of writer's life that I admire is probably a childless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cusk/i-have-a-romantic-conception-of-the-writer-s-life-and-the-sort-of/)

[Rachel Cusk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cusk/)

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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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> [“As a writer you slant all evidence in favor of the conclusions you want to produce and you rarely tilt in favor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/as-a-writer-you-slant-all-evidence-in-favor-of-the-conclusions-you/)

[Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/)

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> [“For most writers, reading is also a very intense experience; they don’t read so much as compete. The writer measure’s himself against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betsy-lerner/for-most-writers-reading-is-also-a-very-intense-experience-they-don-t/)

[Betsy Lerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betsy-lerner/)

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> [“I am a writer. I have been a writer my whole life. Words are the only things I have ever believed in.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-sandene/i-am-a-writer-i-have-been-a-writer-my-whole-life-words-are-the-only/)

[Rachel Sandene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-sandene/)

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> [“You have to read widely, constantly refining (and redefining) your own work as you do so. It’s hard for me to believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/you-have-to-read-widely-constantly-refining-and-redefining-your-own/)

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

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> [“All my life and all my experience, the events that have befallen me, the people I have known, all my memories, dreams,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-setterfield/all-my-life-and-all-my-experience-the-events-that-have-befallen-me/)

[Diane Setterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-setterfield/)

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> [“A writer’s life is half ambition and half anxiety, and there has to be both. It is no good writing a novel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/a-writer-s-life-is-half-ambition-and-half-anxiety-and-there-has-to-be/)

[Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/)

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> [“. . .In a heartbeat, you will fall right into that novel, that poem, the story that you are most in love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-kennedy/in-a-heartbeat-you-will-fall-right-into-that-novel-that-poem-the/)

[Terry Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-kennedy/)

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> [“Nearly every writer writes a book with a great amount of attention and intention and hopes and dreams. And it's important to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-sharples/nearly-every-writer-writes-a-book-with-a-great-amount-of-attention/)

[Madeline Sharples](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeline-sharples/)

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> [As a writer, there is only so much of your own life you can draw on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-ervin-beam/as-a-writer-there-is-only-so-much-of-your-own-life-you-can-draw-on/)

[Samuel Ervin Beam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-ervin-beam/)

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> [For a writer, life is always too short to write. I will just try my best during what remains of my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cao-yu/for-a-writer-life-is-always-too-short-to-write-i-will-just-try-my/)

[Cao Yu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cao-yu/)

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                        "text": "A writer's life is a highly vulnerable, almost naked activity. We don't have to weep about that. The writer makes his choice and is stuck with it. But it is true to say that you are open to all the winds, some of them icy indeed. You are out on your own, out on a limb. You find no shelter, no protection - unless you lie - in which case of course you have constructed your own protection and, it could be argued, become a politician.",
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                        "text": "“Life gives us struggles first and reward later. And as a writer my life's purpose is to write and tell stories. Some people encourage me by motivating, inspiring, and liking my work. They feel my stories make a connection to them. And some people ignore me. The people who ignore me are helping me too. They are helping me in my struggle. One day they too will read my words and find a connection. I will go on writing, because writing is my purpose, dream, and goal in life.”",
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                        "text": "“All my life and all my experience, the events that have befallen me, the people I have known, all my memories, dreams, fantasies, everything I have ever read, all of that has been chucked onto the compost heap, where over time it has rotted down to a dark, rich, organic mulch. The process of cellular breakdown makes it unrecognizable. Other people call it the imagination. I think of it as a compost heap. Every so often I take an idea, plant it in the compost, and wait. It feeds on the black stuff that used to be a life, takes its energy for its own. It germinates,. Takes root. Produces shoots. And so on and so forth, until one fine day I have a story, or a novel…Readers are fools. They believe all writing is autobiographical. And so it is, but not in the way they think. The writer's life needs time to rot away before it can be used to nourish a work of fiction. It must be allowed to decay.”",
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                        "text": "“A writer’s life is half ambition and half anxiety, and there has to be both. It is no good writing a novel and feeling fine, and it is no good writing a whole novel feeling miserable. It has to be both, that mixture of anxiety and ambition, and you get that with every novel, but more so when you write about these epics of human suffering. I felt that just as much when I wrote about the Gulag. Every writer knows what that is. The process goes… you have to think: ‘This novel I am writing is no good.’ Then you have to think: ‘All my novels are no good.’ And then, when you reach that point, you can begin.”",
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                        "text": "“. . .In a heartbeat, you will fall right into that novel, that poem, the story that you are most in love with right now. When you learn to be able to decide in the moment to take breaks from your internal voices—even though it’s only for a split second—you will be taking your first baby steps toward the full-out exhilaration of living in the midst of the wholly realized writer’s life. Then all the negatives—yes, even your cherished writer’s block ego trip—will fade into background noise, then you will find silence, and your story will take over. Before you know it, you will be working calmly and clearly for hours, rather than for a couple minutes. 1 hour, not 1 second, 2 hours, not 2 seconds, 3 hours, 4 hours, 5 hours of allowing your mind to come to rest from the horrid, every day, mental chatter we lock ourselves up with—a time to anchor within the natural spaciousness that you already know instinctively, know from deep within will make you feel full inside. . . .”",
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