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title: "32 Writer Want Quotes by 32 authors"
description: "Browse 32 Writer Want quotes by 32 authors. Discover the best Writer Want sayings and thoughts."
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> [“I am a writer and I want to write.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-bowles/i-am-a-writer-and-i-want-to-write/)

[Jane Bowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-bowles/)

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> [I like to be read. That's most of what any writer could want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-leibovich/i-like-to-be-read-that-s-most-of-what-any-writer-could-want/)

[Mark Leibovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-leibovich/)

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> [As a writer, all you want to do is write for great actors. That's all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-sherman-palladino/as-a-writer-all-you-want-to-do-is-write-for-great-actors-that-s-all/)

[Amy Sherman-Palladino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-sherman-palladino/)

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> [Guy Kay is probably my favorite and the writer I most want to emulate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-b-coe/guy-kay-is-probably-my-favorite-and-the-writer-i-most-want-to-emulate/)

[David B. Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-b-coe/)

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> [“The only difference between me and a famous writer is that I do not want to be famous.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/santosh-kalwar/the-only-difference-between-me-and-a-famous-writer-is-that-i-do-not/)

[Santosh Kalwar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/santosh-kalwar/)

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> [“Confusion of a Writer - Sometimes I want all limelight to shine on me and sometimes I just want to vanish underneath…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikita-dudani/confusion-of-a-writer-sometimes-i-want-all-limelight-to-shine-on-me/)

[Nikita Dudani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikita-dudani/)

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> [What ultimately happened is that my country had a war. I think it would be extraordinary, as a writer, not to want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aminatta-forna/what-ultimately-happened-is-that-my-country-had-a-war-i-think-it/)

[Aminatta Forna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aminatta-forna/)

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> [If you're a writer, you want to get your soul out there, where people can look at it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-larner/if-you-re-a-writer-you-want-to-get-your-soul-out-there-where-people/)

[Jeremy Larner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-larner/)

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> [And as a writer now, I want to save Linda's life. Not her body--her life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-brien/and-as-a-writer-now-i-want-to-save-linda-s-life-not-her-body-her-life/)

[Tim O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-brien/)

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> [“I write because I am a writer, not because I want to get anything out of it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-raven-rose/i-write-because-i-am-a-writer-not-because-i-want-to-get-anything-out/)

[H Raven Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-raven-rose/)

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> [After a while, if you're a writer, you want to start appearing in the bookstores of the place you're living in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliot-perlman/after-a-while-if-you-re-a-writer-you-want-to-start-appearing-in-the/)

[Elliot Perlman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliot-perlman/)

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> [As a writer, you want to go somewhere else sometimes. You want to vary the terrain that you're exploring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-julavits/as-a-writer-you-want-to-go-somewhere-else-sometimes-you-want-to-vary/)

[Heidi Julavits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-julavits/)

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> [As a writer, I never want to have an author's message. I really want to present a situation with it in as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-schwartz/as-a-writer-i-never-want-to-have-an-author-s-message-i-really-want-to/)

[Stephen Schwartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-schwartz/)

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> [I wanted to be a writer. I still want to be a prose writer. I feel I am more temperamentally suited to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juliana-hatfield/i-wanted-to-be-a-writer-i-still-want-to-be-a-prose-writer-i-feel-i-am/)

[Juliana Hatfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juliana-hatfield/)

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> [We live in a bureaucratic, atomized world, but the system is still run by human beings. If as a writer, you want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-haslett/we-live-in-a-bureaucratic-atomized-world-but-the-system-is-still-run/)

[Adam Haslett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-haslett/)

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> [I want to be a better writer. I want to learn and grow, to know how to tell stories in a different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karin-slaughter/i-want-to-be-a-better-writer-i-want-to-learn-and-grow-to-know-how-to/)

[Karin Slaughter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karin-slaughter/)

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> [“Writer’s want to write something that’ll live forever. I don’t. What do I care if my writing lives forever if I won’t?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/writer-s-want-to-write-something-that-ll-live-forever-i-don-t-what-do/)

[Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/)

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> [Everyone should have a tailor. David Wilkes, the guy who does my stuff, is like, 'Well you're a writer - do you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/everyone-should-have-a-tailor-david-wilkes-the-guy-who-does-my-stuff/)

[Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/)

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> [Mostly, you become a writer not because you want to get rich or famous, but because you have to write; because there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-weingarten/mostly-you-become-a-writer-not-because-you-want-to-get-rich-or-famous/)

[Gene Weingarten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-weingarten/)

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> [If you are a writer, or want to be a writer, this is how you spend your days--listening, observing, storing things away,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/if-you-are-a-writer-or-want-to-be-a-writer-this-is-how-you-spend-your/)

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

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> [“Sometimes I think every man wants to be a writer. They want to invent a world with the perfect imaginary woman, someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-hill/sometimes-i-think-every-man-wants-to-be-a-writer-they-want-to-invent/)

[Joe Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-hill/)

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> [I can write any kind of novel I want, any time, and sell it, but there's not that many people watching it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-pelecanos/i-can-write-any-kind-of-novel-i-want-any-time-and-sell-it-but-there-s/)

[George Pelecanos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-pelecanos/)

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> [I eventually want to come back to Canada, to disappear, have nobody know me, and just be a writer and do what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evangeline-lilly/i-eventually-want-to-come-back-to-canada-to-disappear-have-nobody/)

[Evangeline Lilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evangeline-lilly/)

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> [I love being a writer because I want to leave something here on earth to make it better, prettier, stronger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-rylant/i-love-being-a-writer-because-i-want-to-leave-something-here-on-earth/)

[Cynthia Rylant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-rylant/)

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> [I'm not a writer just to be a writer. I want to say something that really needs expressing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allison-pearson/i-m-not-a-writer-just-to-be-a-writer-i-want-to-say-something-that/)

[Allison Pearson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allison-pearson/)

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> [I was a writer before 'Eat, Pray, Love,' and I'll be a writer after it's over. It's what I want to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-was-a-writer-before-eat-pray-love-and-i-ll-be-a-writer-after-it-s/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [I want to be a writer. I do not want to spend 40 hours a week handling e-mails, formatting covers, finding editors, etc.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-hocking/i-want-to-be-a-writer-i-do-not-want-to-spend-40-hours-a-week-handling/)

[Amanda Hocking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-hocking/)

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> [To be the kind of writer you want to be, you must first be the kind of thinker you want to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/to-be-the-kind-of-writer-you-want-to-be-you-must-first-be-the-kind-of/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [I see the author as the person who has written; the writer, the one involved in the process of writing. And they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-st-aubyn-2/i-see-the-author-as-the-person-who-has-written-the-writer-the-one/)

[Edward St Aubyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-st-aubyn-2/)

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> [I'd really want to - just from my own experience as an artist working with a writer, I'd want to do everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-finch/i-d-really-want-to-just-from-my-own-experience-as-an-artist-working/)

[David Finch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-finch/)

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> [I try to impart this when people say they want to be a writer and they want to go into show biz.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wilmore/i-try-to-impart-this-when-people-say-they-want-to-be-a-writer-and/)

[Larry Wilmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wilmore/)

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> [I'm not a writer because I want to make money. I'm a writer because I'm a very slow thinker, but I do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/i-m-not-a-writer-because-i-want-to-make-money-i-m-a-writer-because-i/)

[Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/)

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