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title: "6 Writer Risks Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [The writer has to take risks and go somewhere full of mystery and possibility for the novel to deepen over the years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-spiotta/the-writer-has-to-take-risks-and-go-somewhere-full-of-mystery-and/)

[Dana Spiotta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dana-spiotta/)

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> [A writer must take risks, defy the odds, be a bit obsessed and a little mad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-cormier/a-writer-must-take-risks-defy-the-odds-be-a-bit-obsessed-and-a-little/)

[Robert Cormier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-cormier/)

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> [Some books accrete things to themselves like a magnet. The writer risks sterility by subjecting the mysterious power of imagination to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-clellon-holmes/some-books-accrete-things-to-themselves-like-a-magnet-the-writer/)

[John Clellon Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-clellon-holmes/)

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> [“For the writer, the risks are quite palpable and enduring. With each new character, each new setting, and each new plotline, something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-f-juzwik/for-the-writer-the-risks-are-quite-palpable-and-enduring-with-each/)

[J.F. Juzwik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-f-juzwik/)

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> [A writer has to take all the risks of putting down what he sees. No one can tell him about that. No…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-a-baldwin/a-writer-has-to-take-all-the-risks-of-putting-down-what-he-sees-no/)

[James A. Baldwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-a-baldwin/)

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> [A writer has to take all the risks of putting down what he sees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-a-baldwin/a-writer-has-to-take-all-the-risks-of-putting-down-what-he-sees/)

[James A. Baldwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-a-baldwin/)

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