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> [The best way to learn about writing is to study the work of other writers you admire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffery-deaver/the-best-way-to-learn-about-writing-is-to-study-the-work-of-other/)

[Jeffery Deaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffery-deaver/)

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> [“There’s nothing I need or want to know from the writers I admire that isn’t in their books. It’s better to read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/there-s-nothing-i-need-or-want-to-know-from-the-writers-i-admire-that/)

[John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/)

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> [In all the writers I admire, the common detonator is their courage to walk naked.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-flanagan/in-all-the-writers-i-admire-the-common-detonator-is-their-courage-to/)

[Richard Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-flanagan/)

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> [From an artist's point of view, I always want to work with the writers I admire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-lee/from-an-artist-s-point-of-view-i-always-want-to-work-with-the-writers/)

[Jim Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-lee/)

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> [All of the great writers whom I admire have died. I guess the most recent one would be Marquez.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/all-of-the-great-writers-whom-i-admire-have-died-i-guess-the-most/)

[Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/)

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> [Listen, here's the thing about an English degree - if you sat somebody down and asked them to make a list of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/listen-here-s-the-thing-about-an-english-degree-if-you-sat-somebody/)

[David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/)

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> [I actually don't read the press. All the writers I admire were significantly reclusive, and I'm still trying to figure out how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/branden-jacobs-jenkins/i-actually-don-t-read-the-press-all-the-writers-i-admire-were/)

[Branden Jacobs-Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/branden-jacobs-jenkins/)

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> [Some of the writers I admire who seem very, very funny and very emotional to me can develop a closeness with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloane-crosley/some-of-the-writers-i-admire-who-seem-very-very-funny-and-very/)

[Sloane Crosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloane-crosley/)

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> [But I don't really write to honor the past. I write to investigate, to try to figure out what happened and why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horton-foote/but-i-don-t-really-write-to-honor-the-past-i-write-to-investigate-to/)

[Horton Foote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horton-foote/)

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> [To observe the world carefully, to write a lot and often, on a schedule if necessary, to use the dictionary a lot,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-davis/to-observe-the-world-carefully-to-write-a-lot-and-often-on-a-schedule/)

[Lydia Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lydia-davis/)

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> [There are writers you admire, for the skill or the art, for the inventiveness or for the professionalism of a career well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-d-houston/there-are-writers-you-admire-for-the-skill-or-the-art-for-the/)

[James D. Houston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-d-houston/)

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