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title: "35 Writers Really Quotes by 34 authors"
description: "Browse 35 Writers Really quotes by 34 authors. Discover the best Writers Really sayings and thoughts."
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> [Very few writers really know what they are doing until they have done it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/very-few-writers-really-know-what-they-are-doing-until-they-have-done/)

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

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> [I think many writers really believe that being published is a traumatic experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-tillman/i-think-many-writers-really-believe-that-being-published-is-a/)

[Lynne Tillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynne-tillman/)

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> [“Writers never really like each other anyway. Our insecurities get in the way.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-willingham/writers-never-really-like-each-other-anyway-our-insecurities-get-in/)

[Bill Willingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-willingham/)

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> [Writers really live in the mind and in hotels of the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-o-brien/writers-really-live-in-the-mind-and-in-hotels-of-the-soul/)

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

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> [I have friends, some of whom are spectacularly good writers, who really want someone to edit them. I don't register that impulse.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-lebowitz/i-have-friends-some-of-whom-are-spectacularly-good-writers-who-really/)

[Fran Lebowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-lebowitz/)

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> [I would very much like to be one of those writers who have something really clear in their head to say, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/italo-calvino/i-would-very-much-like-to-be-one-of-those-writers-who-have-something/)

[Italo Calvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/italo-calvino/)

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> [Whatever Kurt Vonnegut's ultimate status will be in the annals of literature, he was important to a lot of people right now.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-dirda/whatever-kurt-vonnegut-s-ultimate-status-will-be-in-the-annals-of/)

[Michael Dirda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-dirda/)

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> [Who knows where the talent goes? Sometimes it goes where the money is. Sometimes I think writers are really interested in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-weiner/who-knows-where-the-talent-goes-sometimes-it-goes-where-the-money-is/)

[Matthew Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-weiner/)

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> [We definitely need to give so much more importance, relevance, pay, glory to the writers because they are really the backbone of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kabir-khan/we-definitely-need-to-give-so-much-more-importance-relevance-pay/)

[Kabir Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kabir-khan/)

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> [Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-benjamin/writers-are-really-people-who-write-books-not-because-they-are-poor/)

[Walter Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-benjamin/)

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> [I think most writers can't really think about their work without a kind of revulsion. And I think that's probably why we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/i-think-most-writers-can-t-really-think-about-their-work-without-a/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

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> [I think ethnic and regional labels are insulting to writers and really put restrictions on them. People don't think your work is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-welch/i-think-ethnic-and-regional-labels-are-insulting-to-writers-and/)

[James Welch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-welch/)

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> [Some people think that writers are innately solitary and that there's a kind of romance to that solitariness. I tend to think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/some-people-think-that-writers-are-innately-solitary-and-that-there-s/)

[Richard Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-ford/)

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> [It's something that I know how to do because I taught for a very long time, so I can do it, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/it-s-something-that-i-know-how-to-do-because-i-taught-for-a-very-long/)

[Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/)

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> [I think at places like 'Slate' or the magazine where I work, there was a really poor record of hiring African-American writers.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ta-nehisi-coates/i-think-at-places-like-slate-or-the-magazine-where-i-work-there-was-a/)

[Ta-Nehisi Coates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ta-nehisi-coates/)

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> [I feel like the writers that I'm drawn to, the writers that I really cling to, are the writers who seem to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/i-feel-like-the-writers-that-i-m-drawn-to-the-writers-that-i-really/)

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

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> [When you're on the set, and sometimes, because it's been so complex and the writers have been really writing, sometimes up until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-close/when-you-re-on-the-set-and-sometimes-because-it-s-been-so-complex-and/)

[Glenn Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-close/)

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> [I know books that are really good and writers that are really good and they have become oppressed and ground down from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/micah-perks/i-know-books-that-are-really-good-and-writers-that-are-really-good/)

[Micah Perks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/micah-perks/)

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> [I only work with a couple of co-writers who I'm really close with, so they always know what's going on in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz/i-only-work-with-a-couple-of-co-writers-who-i-m-really-close-with-so/)

[LIZ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz/)

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> [Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method. Writers are really people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-benjamin/of-all-the-ways-of-acquiring-books-writing-them-oneself-is-regarded/)

[Walter Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-benjamin/)

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> [The problem a lot of writers have is that they really, really enjoy people saying, "You're brilliant." They let their self-perception be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/the-problem-a-lot-of-writers-have-is-that-they-really-really-enjoy/)

[Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/)

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> [Smart writers really take their time in investing in backstories and characters. As a viewer, you have to invest in them and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liza-weil/smart-writers-really-take-their-time-in-investing-in-backstories-and/)

[Liza Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liza-weil/)

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> [There are good writers and bad writers. It's hard to find writers who really speak to you, but the work is out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/there-are-good-writers-and-bad-writers-it-s-hard-to-find-writers-who/)

[Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/)

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> [I don't think writers really choose their subjects. I think the subjects, the topics, the themes, choose us, and then we make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-bloom/i-don-t-think-writers-really-choose-their-subjects-i-think-the/)

[Amy Bloom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-bloom/)

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> [“You know, it's not only writers who have this problem, but writers really, really have this problem; for us, a so-called train…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/you-know-it-s-not-only-writers-who-have-this-problem-but-writers/)

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

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> [My natural orientation has never been among a community of writers, really. For some reason my social world has always been in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-kushner/my-natural-orientation-has-never-been-among-a-community-of-writers/)

[Rachel Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-kushner/)

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> [It's fun when you have a whole team of writers that really like writing for someone; you always end up with some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-pasdar/it-s-fun-when-you-have-a-whole-team-of-writers-that-really-like/)

[Adrian Pasdar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-pasdar/)

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> [I think the best writers are voracious readers who pick up the cadences and the feel of narration through a number of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-think-the-best-writers-are-voracious-readers-who-pick-up-the/)

[Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/)

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> [If you're a misanthrope you stay at home. There are certain writers who really don't like other people. I'm not like that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/if-you-re-a-misanthrope-you-stay-at-home-there-are-certain-writers/)

[Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/)

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> [I think in the 'Deadpool' franchise, the writers are really good at distilling the good stuff and applying that to the material…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-leitch/i-think-in-the-deadpool-franchise-the-writers-are-really-good-at/)

[David Leitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-leitch/)

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> [You know, many writers really don't like to write. I think this the chief complaint of so many. They hate to write;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/you-know-many-writers-really-don-t-like-to-write-i-think-this-the/)

[Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/)

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> [Writers really do that. We weep over our characters. We are saddened sometimes for days when we say goodbye to a world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-hobb/writers-really-do-that-we-weep-over-our-characters-we-are-saddened/)

[Robin Hobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-hobb/)

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> [That's what's been fun about the relationship, these moments where they're going head-to-head and then pull together when they have to, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-durance/that-s-what-s-been-fun-about-the-relationship-these-moments-where/)

[Erica Durance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-durance/)

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> [I don't think, generally speaking, people become writers because they were the really good, really cool, attractive kid in class. I'll be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-moffat/i-don-t-think-generally-speaking-people-become-writers-because-they/)

[Steven Moffat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-moffat/)

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> [These days, people like me who are in the arts are perceived as celebrity writers. That really makes me angry because I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-andrews/these-days-people-like-me-who-are-in-the-arts-are-perceived-as/)

[Julie Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-andrews/)

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