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title: "58 Writers Think Quotes by 48 authors"
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> [“Writers think with their soul and draft from their heart”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-fantino/writers-think-with-their-soul-and-draft-from-their-heart/)

[Lisa Fantino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-fantino/)

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> [Writers always think their greatest work is just ahead of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-rankin/writers-always-think-their-greatest-work-is-just-ahead-of-them/)

[Ian Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-rankin/)

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> [Only bad writers think that their work is really good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-enright/only-bad-writers-think-that-their-work-is-really-good/)

[Anne Enright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-enright/)

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> [Only bad writers think they're good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlan-coben/only-bad-writers-think-they-re-good/)

[Harlan Coben](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harlan-coben/)

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> [Minor writers think style is all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-walcott/minor-writers-think-style-is-all/)

[Derek Walcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-walcott/)

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> [I always think the insecurity is going to go away, but it's always there. Only bad writers think they're good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlan-coben/i-always-think-the-insecurity-is-going-to-go-away-but-it-s-always/)

[Harlan Coben](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harlan-coben/)

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> [All writers, I think, are to one extent or another, damaged people. Writing is our way of repairing ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/all-writers-i-think-are-to-one-extent-or-another-damaged-people/)

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

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> [I don't want actors to be writers. I think it's too much responsibility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanne-bier/i-don-t-want-actors-to-be-writers-i-think-it-s-too-much-responsibility/)

[Susanne Bier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanne-bier/)

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> [It would be great if teenagers could make movies. It's sad how some writers think they can write about stuff they don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winona-ryder/it-would-be-great-if-teenagers-could-make-movies-it-s-sad-how-some/)

[Winona Ryder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winona-ryder/)

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> [It really helped me as a writer to understand how other writers think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ace-young/it-really-helped-me-as-a-writer-to-understand-how-other-writers-think/)

[Ace Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ace-young/)

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> [Writers ... I think ... live on that fine line between insanity and genius.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikki-giovanni/writers-i-think-live-on-that-fine-line-between-insanity-and-genius/)

[Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikki-giovanni/)

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> [I like to work with co-writers because I think it's really fun to bounce ideas off each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-evans/i-like-to-work-with-co-writers-because-i-think-it-s-really-fun-to/)

[Sara Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-evans/)

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> [There are some writers I think who love to go around and visit bookstores and just interact.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lincoln-child/there-are-some-writers-i-think-who-love-to-go-around-and-visit/)

[Lincoln Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lincoln-child/)

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> [“I tell writers not to think about writing short stories or novels. Just write one good scene. And then a novel becomes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-hill/i-tell-writers-not-to-think-about-writing-short-stories-or-novels/)

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

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> ["Prison Break" has been a really great experience because of the writers. I think that in television, you can have great directors,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-fichtner/prison-break-has-been-a-really-great-experience-because-of-the/)

[William Fichtner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-fichtner/)

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> [Writing a book is like an unknown abyss, every time. Every book is different. Contrary to what unpublished writers think, it's horrible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-canin/writing-a-book-is-like-an-unknown-abyss-every-time-every-book-is/)

[Ethan Canin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-canin/)

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> [Right now with blogs and the flood of internet access, a multitude of aspiring writers think they're ready for prime time. They're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-pressfield/right-now-with-blogs-and-the-flood-of-internet-access-a-multitude-of/)

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

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> [Writers only think they are interested in politics, they are not really, it gives them a chance to talk and writers like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/writers-only-think-they-are-interested-in-politics-they-are-not/)

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

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> [“This is our goal as writers, I think: to help others have this sense of wonder, of seeing things anew, things that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/this-is-our-goal-as-writers-i-think-to-help-others-have-this-sense-of-2/)

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

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> [I'm really sort of cautious about being too didactic. To me there are writers that can do that, but I think they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-braver/i-m-really-sort-of-cautious-about-being-too-didactic-to-me-there-are/)

[Adam Braver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-braver/)

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> [I have learned to respect ideas, wherever they come from. Often they come from clients. Account executives often have big creative ideas,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-burnett/i-have-learned-to-respect-ideas-wherever-they-come-from-often-they/)

[Leo Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-burnett/)

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> [I don't think I could, with a straight face, describe myself as a completely positive person, but I'm not overly negative, either.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lasdun/i-don-t-think-i-could-with-a-straight-face-describe-myself-as-a/)

[James Lasdun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lasdun/)

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> [I'm a critic. That means you are a writer. So, yes, you have to make yourself an authority on whatever subject it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-giddins/i-m-a-critic-that-means-you-are-a-writer-so-yes-you-have-to-make/)

[Gary Giddins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-giddins/)

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> [As an undergraduate, I took two writing workshops taught by Elizabeth Hardwick. She was certainly a major influence, though more as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigrid-nunez/as-an-undergraduate-i-took-two-writing-workshops-taught-by-elizabeth/)

[Sigrid Nunez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigrid-nunez/)

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> [A lot of writers do think of their characters as living beings. I know that's the way people think. That's why I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-cooper/a-lot-of-writers-do-think-of-their-characters-as-living-beings-i-know/)

[Dennis Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-cooper/)

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> [I rarely talk about work with writers, and I love getting together with writers. I think writers are great to get together…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chang-rae-lee/i-rarely-talk-about-work-with-writers-and-i-love-getting-together/)

[Chang-Rae Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chang-rae-lee/)

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> [The main thing you worry about is just coming up with songs at all. I don't sit down and write stuff like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-tyler/the-main-thing-you-worry-about-is-just-coming-up-with-songs-at-all-i/)

[Steven Tyler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-tyler/)

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> [I have always been intensely uncomfortable with the idea of a science fiction writer as prophet. Not that there haven't been science…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-have-always-been-intensely-uncomfortable-with-the-idea-of-a-science/)

[William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/)

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> [Well, the world has a million writers. One would think, then, that good thought would be as familiar as air and water,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/well-the-world-has-a-million-writers-one-would-think-then-that-good/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [“This is our goal as writers, I think; to help others have this sense of--please forgive me--wonder, of seeing things anew, things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/this-is-our-goal-as-writers-i-think-to-help-others-have-this-sense-of/)

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

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> [“I never went to college. I don’t believe in college for writers. I think too many professors are too opinionated and too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/i-never-went-to-college-i-don-t-believe-in-college-for-writers-i/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

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> [When you're young, your perception of what it means to be a writer is often less about the writing and more about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanya-yanagihara/when-you-re-young-your-perception-of-what-it-means-to-be-a-writer-is/)

[Hanya Yanagihara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanya-yanagihara/)

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> [Writing can be such a lonely endeavor that I do think community is also important.Meeting at cafes and exchanging work and reading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheryl-strayed/writing-can-be-such-a-lonely-endeavor-that-i-do-think-community-is/)

[Cheryl Strayed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheryl-strayed/)

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> [“Henry Miller, Genet, Sade, Bataille are really important writers for me and I love them, but I feel often they don’t love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-zambreno/henry-miller-genet-sade-bataille-are-really-important-writers-for-me/)

[Kate Zambreno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-zambreno/)

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> [“We are important and our lives are important, magnificent really, and their details are worthy to be recorded. This is how writers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-goldberg/we-are-important-and-our-lives-are-important-magnificent-really-and-2/)

[Natalie Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-goldberg/)

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> [“And I \*know\* I wrote in the above that I hate biographies and reviews that focus on the psychological, surface detail, especially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-zambreno/and-i-know-i-wrote-in-the-above-that-i-hate-biographies-and-reviews/)

[Kate Zambreno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-zambreno/)

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> [“I honestly think in order to be a writer, you have to learn to be reverent. If not, why are you writing?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/i-honestly-think-in-order-to-be-a-writer-you-have-to-learn-to-be/)

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

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> [My friends tend to be writers. I think writers and painters are really all the same-we just sit in our rooms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hodgkin/my-friends-tend-to-be-writers-i-think-writers-and-painters-are-really/)

[Howard Hodgkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hodgkin/)

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> [What’s strange is how many beginning writers seem to think that grammar is irrelevant, or that they are somehow above or beyond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/what-s-strange-is-how-many-beginning-writers-seem-to-think-that/)

[Francine Prose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-prose/)

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> [There are these boutique writers out there who think if they are not writing their novels sitting at a bistro with their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-bragg/there-are-these-boutique-writers-out-there-who-think-if-they-are-not/)

[Rick Bragg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-bragg/)

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                        "text": "As an undergraduate, I took two writing workshops taught by Elizabeth Hardwick. She was certainly a major influence, though more as a writer I greatly admired than as a teacher. As for other writers, I think it's safe to say that my work has been and continues to be influenced to one degree or another by every writer whose work I love and admire.",
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                        "text": "A lot of writers do think of their characters as living beings. I know that's the way people think. That's why I try to make them real in a certain way, because otherwise people won't read them. It's fine if some readers think of them as real. It's just not the way that I think of them.",
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                        "text": "The main thing you worry about is just coming up with songs at all. I don't sit down and write stuff like certain writers do. They think about what they are going to write first and then they write it. I just get what comes in at me. It's like I'm a musician and if I can keep my mitt on, I can catch the balls that come at me.",
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                        "text": "I have always been intensely uncomfortable with the idea of a science fiction writer as prophet. Not that there haven't been science fiction writers who think of themselves as having some sort of prophetic role, but when I think of that, I always think of H.G. Wells - he would think of what was going to happen, and he would imagine how it would happen, and then he would create a fiction to illustrate the idea that he'd had. And no part of my process has ever resembled that at all.",
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                        "text": "Well, the world has a million writers. One would think, then, that good thought would be as familiar as air and water, and the gifts of each new hour would exclude the last. Yet we can count all our good books; nay, I remember any beautiful verse for twenty years.",
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                        "text": "“This is our goal as writers, I think; to help others have this sense of--please forgive me--wonder, of seeing things anew, things that can catch us off guard, that break in on our small, bordered worlds. When this happens, everything feels more spacious. Try walking around with a child who's going, \"Wow, wow! Look at that dirty dog! Look at that burned-down house! Look at that red sky!\" And the child points and you look, and you see, and you start going, \"Wow! Look at that huge crazy hedge! Look at that teeny little baby! Look at the scary dark cloud!\" I think this is how we are supposed to be in the world--present and in awe.”",
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                        "text": "“I never went to college. I don’t believe in college for writers. I think too many professors are too opinionated and too snobbish and too intellectual. And the intellect is a great danger to creativity because you begin to rationalize and make up reasons for things instead of staying with your own basic truth--- who you are, what you are, what you wanna be. I’ve had a sign over my typewriter for twenty-five years now which reads, “Don’t think.” You must never think at the typewriter--- you must feel, and your intellect is always buried in that feeling anyway. You collect up a lot of data, you do a lot of thinking away from the typewriter, but at the typewriter you should be living. It should be a living experience. The worst thing you do when you think is lie — you can make up reasons that are not true for the things that you did, and what you’re trying to do as a creative person is surprise yourself — find out who you really are, and try not to lie, try to tell the truth all the time. And the only way to do this is by being very active and very emotional, and get it out of yourself — making things that you hate and things that you love, you write about these then, intensely. When it’s over, then you can think about it; then you can look, it works or it doesn’t work, something is missing here. And, if something is missing, then you go back and reemotionalize that part, so it’s all of a piece. But thinking is to be a corrective in our life. It’s not supposed to be a center of our life. Living is supposed to be the center of our life, being is supposed to be the center, with correctives around, which hold us like the skin holds our blood and our flesh in. But our skin is not a way of life. The way of living is the blood pumping through our veins, the ability to sense and to feel and to know, and the intellect doesn’t help you very much there. You should get on with the business of living. Everything of mine is intuitive. All the poetry I’ve written, I couldn’t possibly tell you how I did it. I don’t know anything about the rhythms or the schemes or the inner rhymes or any of these sorts of thing. It comes from 40 years of reading poetry and having heroes that I loved. I love Shakespeare, I don’t Intellectualize about him. I love Gerard Manley Hopkins, I don’t intellectualize about him. I love Dylan Thomas, I don’t know what the hell he’s writing about half the time, but he sounds good, he rings well. Let me give you an example on this sort of thing: I walked into my living room twenty years ago, when one of my daughters was about four years old, and a Dylan Thomas record was on the set. I thought that my wife had put the record on; come to find out my four-year-old had put on his record. I came into the room, she pointed to the record and said, ‘He knows what he’s doing.’ Now, that’s great. See, that’s not intellectualizing, it’s an emotional reaction. If there is no feeling, there cannot be great art.” ”",
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                        "text": "Writing can be such a lonely endeavor that I do think community is also important.Meeting at cafes and exchanging work and reading to each other and giving each other little bits of encouragement and feedback and thoughts, I think that's an incredibly rich experience because what it does is it gives you a sense of community but also purpose. If I know I'm going to meet you in a cafe next Tuesday, I'm going to write something that I can hand to you. Discipline is such a challenge for so many writers and so I think that that's a key benefit of being in a group.",
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                        "text": "“We are important and our lives are important, magnificent really, and their details are worthy to be recorded. This is how writers must think, this is how we must sit down with pen in hand. We were here; we are human beings; this is how we lived. Let it be known, the earth passed before us. Our details are important. Otherwise, if they are not, we can drop a bomb and it doesn't matter. . . Recording the details of our lives is a stance against bombs with their mass ability to kill, against too much speed and efficiency. A writer must say yes to life, to all of life: the water glasses, the Kemp's half-and-half, the ketchup on the counter. It is not a writer's task to say, \"It is dumb to live in a small town or to eat in a café when you can eat macrobiotic at home.\" Our task is to say a holy yes to the real things of our life as they exist – the real truth of who we are: several pounds overweight, the gray, cold street outside, the Christmas tinsel in the showcase, the Jewish writer in the orange booth across from her blond friend who has black children. We must become writers who accept things as they are, come to love the details, and step forward with a yes on our lips so there can be no more noes in the world, noes that invalidate life and stop these details from continuing.”",
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                        "text": "“And I *know* I wrote in the above that I hate biographies and reviews that focus on the psychological, surface detail, especially when they pertain to women writers, because I think it’s really about the cult of the personality, which is essentially problematic, and I think simplistically psychologizing which biographies are so wont to do is really problematic, and dangerous, especially when dealing with complicated women who just by being writers at a certain time and age were labelled as nonconformist, or worse, hysterical or ill or crazy, and I think branding these women as femme fatales is all so often done. And I know in a way I’m contributing to this by posting their bad-ass photos, except hopefully I am humanizing them and thinking of them as complicated selves and intellects AND CELEBRATING THEM AS WRITERS as opposed to straight-up objectifying. One particular review long ago in Poetry that really got my goat was when Brian Phillips used Gertrude Stein’s line about Djuna Barnes having nice ankles as an opener in a review of her poetry, and to my mind it was meant to be entirely dismissive, as of course, Stein was being as well. Stein was many important revolutionary things to literature, but a champion of her fellow women writers she was not. They published my letter, but then let the guy write a reply and scurry to the library and actually read Nightwood, one of my all-time, all-times, and Francis Bacon’s too, there’s another anecdote. And it’s burned in my brain his response, which was as dismissive and bourgeois as the review. I don’t remember the exact wordage, but he concluded by summing up that Djuna Barnes was a minor writer. Well, fuck a duck, as Henry Miller would say. And that is how the canon gets made.”",
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                        "text": "“I honestly think in order to be a writer, you have to learn to be reverent. If not, why are you writing? Why are you here? Let's think of reverence as awe, as presence in and openness to the world. The alternative is that we stultify, we shut down. Think of those times when you've read prose or poetry that is presented in such a way that you have a fleeting sense of being startled by beauty or insight, by a glimpse into someone's soul. All of a sudden everything seems to fit together or at least to have some meaning for a moment. This is our goal as writers, I think; to help others have this sense of -- please forgive me -- wonder, of seeing things anew, things that can catch us off guard, that break in on our small, bordered worlds.”",
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