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title: "36 Writer Writer Quotes by 33 authors"
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> [Every writer is a writer of the generation before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilfrid-sheed/every-writer-is-a-writer-of-the-generation-before/)

[Wilfrid Sheed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilfrid-sheed/)

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> [“A writer is a writer when he says he is.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-pressfield/a-writer-is-a-writer-when-he-says-he-is/)

[Steven Pressfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-pressfield/)

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> [“Don't aspire to be a writer, because you are already a writer”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clara-wake/don-t-aspire-to-be-a-writer-because-you-are-already-a-writer/)

[Clara Wake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clara-wake/)

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> [“I'm not an aspiring writer; I'm a writer aspiring to be read.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-l-marriott/i-m-not-an-aspiring-writer-i-m-a-writer-aspiring-to-be-read/)

[D.L. Marriott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-l-marriott/)

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> [Bucky Katt: A bad writer is just a good writer with writer's block.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darby-conley/bucky-katt-a-bad-writer-is-just-a-good-writer-with-writer-s-block/)

[Darby Conley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darby-conley/)

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> [There is no such thing as an "aspiring writer". You are a writer. Period.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-reilly/there-is-no-such-thing-as-an-aspiring-writer-you-are-a-writer-period/)

[Matthew Reilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-reilly/)

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> [The writer is a writer because he cannot help it. It is a compulsion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-ferber/the-writer-is-a-writer-because-he-cannot-help-it-it-is-a-compulsion/)

[Edna Ferber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-ferber/)

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> [“A writer will always be a writer. It's not a choice, it's a destiny.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-lennox/a-writer-will-always-be-a-writer-it-s-not-a-choice-it-s-a-destiny/)

[Stephanie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-lennox/)

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> [I'm tired of being considered a lesbian writer, tired of being a science-fiction writer, tired of being a thriller writer. I'm a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicola-griffith/i-m-tired-of-being-considered-a-lesbian-writer-tired-of-being-a/)

[Nicola Griffith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicola-griffith/)

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> [Every great writer is a writer of history, let him treat on almost what subject he may.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-savage-landor/every-great-writer-is-a-writer-of-history-let-him-treat-on-almost/)

[Walter Savage Landor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-savage-landor/)

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> [“The problem with being a writer is that it’s not enough to be a writer; one must also be seen to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-marlowe/the-problem-with-being-a-writer-is-that-it-s-not-enough-to-be-a/)

[Paul Marlowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-marlowe/)

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> [“Who knows why we do it? And when we've done it, nobody wants it. Still we keep doing it. That's what makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chloe-thurlow/who-knows-why-we-do-it-and-when-we-ve-done-it-nobody-wants-it-still/)

[Chloe Thurlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chloe-thurlow/)

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> [As soon as you become a writer, you lose contact with ordinary experience or tend to. ... the worst fate of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mccarthy/as-soon-as-you-become-a-writer-you-lose-contact-with-ordinary/)

[Mary McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mccarthy/)

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> [I'm not a writer's writer. I'm not a craftsman. I could be, and that would be a one-book-a-year operation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/i-m-not-a-writer-s-writer-i-m-not-a-craftsman-i-could-be-and-that/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

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> [I'm not an autobiographical writer, but I am a writer who deals with human emotion on all levels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-m-not-an-autobiographical-writer-but-i-am-a-writer-who-deals-with/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The biggest difference between a writer and a would-be writer is their attitude toward rewriting. . . . Unwillingness to revise usually signals an amateur.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sol-stein/the-biggest-difference-between-a-writer-and-a-would-be-writer-is/)

[Sol Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sol-stein/)

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> [There is and always has been for me a peculiar need to write. This is very different from wanting to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-wentworth/there-is-and-always-has-been-for-me-a-peculiar-need-to-write-this-is/)

[Patricia Wentworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-wentworth/)

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> [I think the biggest advice I can offer is don't just pick one story and stop, write as much as you can,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwayne-mcduffie/i-think-the-biggest-advice-i-can-offer-is-don-t-just-pick-one-story/)

[Dwayne McDuffie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwayne-mcduffie/)

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> [But we should ask the question: Why should a writer be more than a writer? Why should a writer be a guru?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/but-we-should-ask-the-question-why-should-a-writer-be-more-than-a/)

[Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/)

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> [They talk about a lot of different things, but I think they definitely have the same school of thought as my husband…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-peet/they-talk-about-a-lot-of-different-things-but-i-think-they-definitely/)

[Amanda Peet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-peet/)

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> [A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or a buzzard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/a-serious-writer-is-not-to-be-confounded-with-a-solemn-writer-a/)

[Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/)

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> [You want to be a writer? A writer is someone who writes every day, so start writing. You don't have a job?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shonda-rhimes/you-want-to-be-a-writer-a-writer-is-someone-who-writes-every-day-so/)

[Shonda Rhimes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shonda-rhimes/)

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> [You see, in my view a writer is a writer not because she writes well and easily, because she has amazing talent,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/you-see-in-my-view-a-writer-is-a-writer-not-because-she-writes-well/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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> [There is a reason there is no such thing as a folk writer. But to be a writer you have learn what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/there-is-a-reason-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-folk-writer-but-to-be-a/)

[David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/)

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> [“You see, in my view a writer is a writer not because she writes well and easily, because she has amazing talent,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/you-see-in-my-view-a-writer-is-a-writer-not-because-she-writes-well-2/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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> [“What is a writer? A writer is a magician who can create a masterpiece With a wave of a pencil A writer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-archer/what-is-a-writer-a-writer-is-a-magician-who-can-create-a-masterpiece/)

[Carol Archer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-archer/)

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> [“Writer can’t be writer twenty-four hours; and they have many avtars.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shankar-lamichhane/writer-can-t-be-writer-twenty-four-hours-and-they-have-many-avtars/)

[Shankar Lamichhane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shankar-lamichhane/)

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> [In my view, a writer is a writer because even when there is no hope, even when nothing you do shows any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/in-my-view-a-writer-is-a-writer-because-even-when-there-is-no-hope/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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> [Every great writer is a writer of history, let him treat on almost any subject he may.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-savage-landor/every-great-writer-is-a-writer-of-history-let-him-treat-on-almost-any/)

[Walter Savage Landor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-savage-landor/)

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> [I am a writer and always was; being a writer is an integral part of my identity. Being published, being well regarded,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-aldiss/i-am-a-writer-and-always-was-being-a-writer-is-an-integral-part-of-my/)

[Brian Aldiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-aldiss/)

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> [Novels do take charge of the writer, and the writer is basically a kind of sheepdog just trying to keep things on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gregory-dunne/novels-do-take-charge-of-the-writer-and-the-writer-is-basically-a/)

[John Gregory Dunne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gregory-dunne/)

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> [“Sometimes I wonder if I talk to myself becuase I'm a writer, or if I'm a writer because I talk to myself”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosemary-clement-moore/sometimes-i-wonder-if-i-talk-to-myself-becuase-i-m-a-writer-or-if-i-m/)

[rosemary clement-moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosemary-clement-moore/)

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> [First of all you are a writer, a writer is what you are, so it doesn't actually stop the moment you leave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/first-of-all-you-are-a-writer-a-writer-is-what-you-are-so-it-doesn-t/)

[Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/)

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> [I really consider myself a writer, and a writer who is sometimes a social critic. I'm not an ideologue, I don't join…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-roiphe/i-really-consider-myself-a-writer-and-a-writer-who-is-sometimes-a/)

[Anne Roiphe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-roiphe/)

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> [“A writer is not a writer because he has written some books. A writer is not a writer because he teaches literature.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/a-writer-is-not-a-writer-because-he-has-written-some-books-a-writer/)

[Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/)

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> [Most written work is a conversation between the editor and the writer, that the writer essentially fulfills in public, and the editor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-chee/most-written-work-is-a-conversation-between-the-editor-and-the-writer/)

[Alexander Chee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-chee/)

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