--- title: "15 Writer Self Quotes by 15 authors" description: "Browse 15 Writer Self quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Writer Self sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f1/julie-rodelli-81315_doubt_as-a-writer-self-doubt-is-useless-get-ri_1308615.jpg" --- > [“As a writer, self-doubt is useless. Get rid of it, rip it out like a weed and compost it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-rodelli/as-a-writer-self-doubt-is-useless-get-rid-of-it-rip-it-out-like-a/) [Julie Rodelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-rodelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f1/julie-rodelli-81315_doubt_as-a-writer-self-doubt-is-useless-get-ri_1308615.jpg) > [And as a writer, your self-worth is literally based on the last thing you wrote.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-winehouse/and-as-a-writer-your-self-worth-is-literally-based-on-the-last-thing/) [Amy Winehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-winehouse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f6/amy-winehouse-2362_inspirational_and-as-a-writer-your-self-worth-is-liter_1289862.jpg) > [A self-advertising writer is always a self-extinguished writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archibald-macleish/a-self-advertising-writer-is-always-a-self-extinguished-writer/) [Archibald MacLeish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archibald-macleish/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd9/archibald-macleish-7676_advertising_a-self-advertising-writer-is-always-a-se_1234484.png) > [I am not a self-help writer. I am a self-problem writer. When people read my books, I provoke some things. I cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-am-not-a-self-help-writer-i-am-a-self-problem-writer-when-people/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/302/paulo-coelho-10_am_i-am-not-a-self-help-writer-i-am-a-self_1704000.jpg) > [With all deference to Chairman Mao and other authors whose quotations derive from longer works, it seemed that I was becoming the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashleigh-brilliant/with-all-deference-to-chairman-mao-and-other-authors-whose-quotations/) [Ashleigh Brilliant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashleigh-brilliant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f4/ashleigh-brilliant-944_becoming_with-all-deference-to-chairman-mao-and-o_2285810.png) > [The man who comes to writing late, but is in essence a writer, may sometimes gain as much as he has lost:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/the-man-who-comes-to-writing-late-but-is-in-essence-a-writer-may/) [Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb4/wright-morris-25032_essence_the-man-who-comes-to-writing-late-but-is_1632548.jpg) > [“Being a writer, I take thing seriously (not too seriously). I may be a young writer/self publisher, I do love to write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simi-sunny/being-a-writer-i-take-thing-seriously-not-too-seriously-i-may-be-a/) [Simi Sunny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simi-sunny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/514/simi-sunny-45721_author_being-a-writer-i-take-thing-seriously-no_2544875.jpg) > [I have to understand what my strengths and limitations are, and work from a true place. I try to do this as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-have-to-understand-what-my-strengths-and-limitations-are-and-work/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cae/sandra-cisneros-862_cybersecurity_i-have-to-understand-what-my-strengths-a_2194045.png) > [A writer's self-consciousness, for which he is much scorned, is really a mode of interestedness, that inevitably turns outward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-updike/a-writer-s-self-consciousness-for-which-he-is-much-scorned-is-really/) [John Updike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-updike/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd4/john-updike-396_consciousness_a-writer-s-self-consciousness-for-which_2289538.png) > [If you are going to be a writer, you have to have self-belief, every writer gets rejections, they say the difference between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/if-you-are-going-to-be-a-writer-you-have-to-have-self-belief-every/) [Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/130/anthony-horowitz-1452_between_if-you-are-going-to-be-a-writer-you-have_771596.jpg) > [Learn to spot and avoid "writer groupies." The writer's self-sufficiency and our love for our work tend to attract insecure people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/florence-king/learn-to-spot-and-avoid-writer-groupies-the-writer-s-self-sufficiency/) [Florence King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/florence-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea5/florence-king-2603_enough_learn-to-spot-and-avoid-writer-groupies_2445795.jpg) > [To aspiring writers, I would tell them that we live in a wonderful time where you're able to make your work visible,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diablo-cody/to-aspiring-writers-i-would-tell-them-that-we-live-in-a-wonderful/) [Diablo Cody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diablo-cody/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9f/diablo-cody-2531_ability_to-aspiring-writers-i-would-tell-them-th_1363142.png) > [No one can teach writing, but classes may stimulate the urge to write. If you are born a writer, you will inevitably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-ozick/no-one-can-teach-writing-but-classes-may-stimulate-the-urge-to-write/) [Cynthia Ozick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-ozick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1e/cynthia-ozick-2945_books_no-one-can-teach-writing-but-classes-may_1375219.jpg) > [“I think the worst way a writer can self-betray is by not being true to his or her experience of being alive.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-ligotti/i-think-the-worst-way-a-writer-can-self-betray-is-by-not-being-true/) [Thomas Ligotti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-ligotti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/695/thomas-ligotti-2073_betray_i-think-the-worst-way-a-writer-can-self_1777637.jpg) > [“Writing is such an industry now. In many ways, that's a good thing, in that it removes all the muse-like mystique and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-t-davies-2/writing-is-such-an-industry-now-in-many-ways-that-s-a-good-thing-in/) [Russell T. Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-t-davies-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abd/russell-t-davies-2-43883_every-day_writing-is-such-an-industry-now-in-many_185413.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer-self/#itemlist", "name": "Writer Self Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“As a writer, self-doubt is useless. 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