--- title: "11 Writers Doing Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Writers Doing quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Writers Doing sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b05/cheryl-hines-16342_asking-for-forgivene_the-things-the-writers-have-me-doing-on_1040777.jpg" --- > [The things the writers have me doing on 'Suburgatory' are insane. I think they think it's easier to ask for forgiveness than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheryl-hines/the-things-the-writers-have-me-doing-on-suburgatory-are-insane-i/) [Cheryl Hines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheryl-hines/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b05/cheryl-hines-16342_asking-for-forgivene_the-things-the-writers-have-me-doing-on_1040777.jpg) > [I think one of the reasons musicians keep doing what they do and writers keep doing what they do, is that we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janis-ian/i-think-one-of-the-reasons-musicians-keep-doing-what-they-do-and/) [Janis Ian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janis-ian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/982/janis-ian-13356_lazy_i-think-one-of-the-reasons-musicians-kee_666854.jpg) > [You can recognize in your own reading habits what writers are doing that works and what doesn't. I'm becoming much more aware…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-chaon/you-can-recognize-in-your-own-reading-habits-what-writers-are-doing/) [Dan Chaon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-chaon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c76/dan-chaon-2729_becoming_you-can-recognize-in-your-own-reading-ha_1862614.png) > [You don't have to write like David Foster Wallace or James Baldwin or Maggie Nelson - indeed, you shouldn't. Those writers are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-febos/you-don-t-have-to-write-like-david-foster-wallace-or-james-baldwin-or/) [Melissa Febos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-febos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee3/melissa-febos-7449_better-than-you_you-don-t-have-to-write-like-david-foste_500122.png) > [Don't write the book you think publishers want to commission. Plenty of other writers will be doing the same thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-brown/don-t-write-the-book-you-think-publishers-want-to-commission-plenty/) [Louise Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35b/louise-brown-19852_book_don-t-write-the-book-you-think-publisher_699782.png) > [Writing takes gall. I like to think that's true even for writers with several books under their belt, writers who have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumaan-alam/writing-takes-gall-i-like-to-think-that-s-true-even-for-writers-with/) [Rumaan Alam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumaan-alam/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27c/rumaan-alam-5326_books_writing-takes-gall-i-like-to-think-that_310709.jpg) > [In the present time you don't really establish what you're going through, but after time it's declared something. Right now there could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-hedlund/in-the-present-time-you-don-t-really-establish-what-you-re-going/) [Garrett Hedlund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-hedlund/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/168/garrett-hedlund-13436_different_in-the-present-time-you-don-t-really-est_31366.jpg) > [I'm not one of those actors who likes to analyze things too much, so I trust what the writers are doing with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-barrowman/i-m-not-one-of-those-actors-who-likes-to-analyze-things-too-much-so-i/) [John Barrowman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-barrowman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d0/john-barrowman-11441_actors_i-m-not-one-of-those-actors-who-likes-to_1930141.jpg) > [People are going to bash you. You get rejected. It's hard. I don't really feel like that's my place as the teacher.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-antopol/people-are-going-to-bash-you-you-get-rejected-it-s-hard-i-don-t/) [Molly Antopol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-antopol/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67a/molly-antopol-20696_bash_people-are-going-to-bash-you-you-get-rej_604187.jpg) > [You have to get inside the people you are writing about. You have to go below the surface. And that's to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/you-have-to-get-inside-the-people-you-are-writing-about-you-have-to/) [David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79a/david-mccullough-1091_below-the-surface_you-have-to-get-inside-the-people-you-ar_1731790.png) > [“I feel strongly against professionalism, against someone’s feeling he has to write a book every year to keep his name before the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-taylor/i-feel-strongly-against-professionalism-against-someone-s-feeling-he/) [Peter Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be9/peter-taylor-32406_books_i-feel-strongly-against-professionalism_2388103.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writers-doing/#itemlist", "name": "Writers Doing Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The things the writers have me doing on 'Suburgatory' are insane. 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