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title: "6 Writer Live Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [A writer has to live with a sense of honor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irwin-shaw/a-writer-has-to-live-with-a-sense-of-honor/)

[Irwin Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irwin-shaw/)

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> [“Dessy, don't grow up to be a writer. Because when you live too much in your own head, you neglect the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristen-tracy/dessy-don-t-grow-up-to-be-a-writer-because-when-you-live-too-much-in/)

[Kristen Tracy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristen-tracy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f18/kristen-tracy-36942_neglect_dessy-don-t-grow-up-to-be-a-writer-becau_169560.jpg)

> [As a writer, you live in such isolation. It's hard to imagine your book has a life beyond you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-brashares/as-a-writer-you-live-in-such-isolation-it-s-hard-to-imagine-your-book/)

[Ann Brashares](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-brashares/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b2/ann-brashares-572_book_as-a-writer-you-live-in-such-isolation-i_781121.png)

> [I believed that if I was to call myself a writer, I should live on writing. If I could not live on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mavis-gallant/i-believed-that-if-i-was-to-call-myself-a-writer-i-should-live-on/)

[Mavis Gallant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mavis-gallant/)

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> [“The obligation of a writer is to live out loud.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mile-zola/the-obligation-of-a-writer-is-to-live-out-loud/)

[Émile Zola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mile-zola/)

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> [“I am more of a doer than a writer. I do not live to write. I write because I have lived.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurman-p-banks-jr/i-am-more-of-a-doer-than-a-writer-i-do-not-live-to-write-i-write/)

[Thurman P. Banks Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thurman-p-banks-jr/)

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