--- title: "289 Writes Quotes by 266 authors" description: "Browse 289 Writes quotes by 266 authors. Discover the best Writes sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/252/havelock-ellis-3921_art_every-ist-writes-his-own-autobiography-2_2425219.png" --- > [Every ist writes his own autobiography.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/havelock-ellis/every-ist-writes-his-own-autobiography/) [Havelock Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/havelock-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/252/havelock-ellis-3921_art_every-ist-writes-his-own-autobiography-2_2425219.png) > [A writer writes what other people only think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sol-stein/a-writer-writes-what-other-people-only-think/) [Sol Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sol-stein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50f/sol-stein-30398_people_a-writer-writes-what-other-people-only-t_2387055.png) > [Everybody writes a book too many.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everybody-writes-a-book-too-many/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a3/anonymous-1_book_everybody-writes-a-book-too-many-442335_442335.jpg) > [Every artist writes his own autobiography.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/havelock-ellis/every-artist-writes-his-own-autobiography/) [Havelock Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/havelock-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56f/havelock-ellis-3921_art_every-artist-writes-his-own-autobiograph_344613.png) > [The story sometimes writes you into a corner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/the-story-sometimes-writes-you-into-a-corner/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/841/george-saunders-317_corners_the-story-sometimes-writes-you-into-a-co_1809663.jpg) > [Every woman who writes is a survivor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tillie-olsen/every-woman-who-writes-is-a-survivor/) [Tillie Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tillie-olsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba1/tillie-olsen-18007_every-woman_every-woman-who-writes-is-a-survivor-118_1186203.png) > [Anyone who writes is too precious to lose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-j-cortes/anyone-who-writes-is-too-precious-to-lose/) Carlos J. Cortes [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a55/carlos-j-cortes-97241_inspirational_anyone-who-writes-is-too-precious-to-los_2664828.jpg) > [One writes in order to feel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-rukeyser/one-writes-in-order-to-feel/) [Muriel Rukeyser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-rukeyser/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48c/muriel-rukeyser-7348_feel_one-writes-in-order-to-feel-388192_388192.jpg) > [One cannot choose what he writes - one can only choose to face it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-pirandello/one-cannot-choose-what-he-writes-one-can-only-choose-to-face-it/) [Luigi Pirandello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-pirandello/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdf/luigi-pirandello-4230_choose_one-cannot-choose-what-he-writes-one-can_838259.jpg) > [In the Netherlands, the press writes what they want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-van-gaal/in-the-netherlands-the-press-writes-what-they-want/) [Louis van Gaal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-van-gaal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c27/louis-van-gaal-4298_journalism_in-the-netherlands-the-press-writes-what_2273021.png) > [“Let us make sure that future generation writes our biography.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-kalantri/let-us-make-sure-that-future-generation-writes-our-biography/) [Amit Kalantri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-kalantri/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/404/amit-kalantri-279_21st-century_let-us-make-sure-that-future-generation_1553506.jpg) > [Nobody writes if they have had a happy childhood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hergesheimer/nobody-writes-if-they-have-had-a-happy-childhood/) Joseph Hergesheimer [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e0/joseph-hergesheimer-108013_childhood_nobody-writes-if-they-have-had-a-happy-c_3109216.jpg) > [One writes out of one thing only-one's own experience,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-a-baldwin/one-writes-out-of-one-thing-only-one-s-own-experience/) [James A. Baldwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-a-baldwin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b1/james-a-baldwin-2080_experience_one-writes-out-of-one-thing-only-one-s-o_2293464.jpg) > [A critic is a man who writes about things he doesn't like](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/a-critic-is-a-man-who-writes-about-things-he-doesn-t-like/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/305/anonymous-1_critics_a-critic-is-a-man-who-writes-about-thing_1360756.jpg) > [A writer writes what he knows, in ways that are natural to him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-yan/a-writer-writes-what-he-knows-in-ways-that-are-natural-to-him/) [Mo Yan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-yan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/773/mo-yan-11698_natural_a-writer-writes-what-he-knows-in-ways-th_2880429.png) > [“Sometimes your're not missing out they are Kameelah Writes”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameelah-frazier/sometimes-your-re-not-missing-out-they-are-kameelah-writes/) Kameelah Frazier [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f1/kameelah-frazier-104360_missing_sometimes-your-re-not-missing-out-they-a_2264959.jpg) > [The writer can choose what he writes about but he cannot choose what he is able to make live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flannery-o-connor/the-writer-can-choose-what-he-writes-about-but-he-cannot-choose-what-2/) [Flannery O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flannery-o-connor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/flannery-o-connor-639_able_the-writer-can-choose-what-he-writes-abo_2489042.png) > [“A writer writes. There are no exceptions to this reality. No excuses. Stop wasting time talking about your stories and get them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/a-writer-writes-there-are-no-exceptions-to-this-reality-no-excuses/) [Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/689/christy-hall-10789_inspirational_a-writer-writes-there-are-no-exceptions_524472.jpg) > [I try not to put myself in a box, so I'll write with anybody who wants to. I don't put limitations on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-rhett/i-try-not-to-put-myself-in-a-box-so-i-ll-write-with-anybody-who-wants/) [Thomas Rhett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-rhett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c51/thomas-rhett-10881_box_i-try-not-to-put-myself-in-a-box-so-i-ll_2725331.jpg) > [Well, playing a guy who writes songs and busks on Grafton Street in Dublin and falls in love with Marketa Irglova wasn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-hansard/well-playing-a-guy-who-writes-songs-and-busks-on-grafton-street-in/) [Glen Hansard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-hansard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/glen-hansard-13793_acting_well-playing-a-guy-who-writes-songs-and_3231468.png) > [Writing as an art form belongs to all people, regardless of economic class or educational level. . . . A writer is someone who writes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-schneider/writing-as-an-art-form-belongs-to-all-people-regardless-of-economic/) [Pat Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-schneider/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/600/pat-schneider-35014_art_writing-as-an-art-form-belongs-to-all-pe_3159771.png) > [As far as what readers can expect with 'Maybe Someday,' I'm not the type of writer who writes to educate or inform…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colleen-hoover/as-far-as-what-readers-can-expect-with-maybe-someday-i-m-not-the-type/) [Colleen Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colleen-hoover/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/colleen-hoover-124_as-far-as_as-far-as-what-readers-can-expect-with-m_2291709.jpg) > [Everyone writes in whatever way feels comfortable to them. People write songs because maybe they don't feel so comfortable talking about whatever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/courtney-barnett/everyone-writes-in-whatever-way-feels-comfortable-to-them-people/) [Courtney Barnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/courtney-barnett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/courtney-barnett-11533_about_everyone-writes-in-whatever-way-feels-co_1651205.jpg) > [An author writes a book, and that's the book at that point. And if the author writes the book again, then somehow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/an-author-writes-a-book-and-that-s-the-book-at-that-point-and-if-the/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/459/terry-pratchett-19_again_an-author-writes-a-book-and-that-s-the-b_3152083.jpg) > [Just because someone may or may not have someone that writes some words for them doesn't mean that, A, they don't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mac-miller/just-because-someone-may-or-may-not-have-someone-that-writes-some/) [Mac Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mac-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f4/mac-miller-566_language_just-because-someone-may-or-may-not-have_2812452.jpg) > [My inspiration comes from everything, everywhere. Just the people around you, the things you see and most definitely your experiences. Once I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terrell-suggs/my-inspiration-comes-from-everything-everywhere-just-the-people/) [Terrell Suggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terrell-suggs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f2/terrell-suggs-5170_everything_my-inspiration-comes-from-everything-eve_3020456.png) > [I'm always amused when the 'New York Times' writes editorials trying to be helpful to Republicans and say, 'This is the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/i-m-always-amused-when-the-new-york-times-writes-editorials-trying-to/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/314/ted-cruz-487_advice_i-m-always-amused-when-the-new-york-time_2963198.png) > [Suppose that a person writes what she must. That is only the first step of becoming a writer. The work must survive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marge-piercy/suppose-that-a-person-writes-what-she-must-that-is-only-the-first/) [Marge Piercy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marge-piercy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f6/marge-piercy-2610_attention_suppose-that-a-person-writes-what-she-mu_818704.jpg) > [I kind of write about visual art the way Roger Angell writes about baseball, which is to say, you're writing about life:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-weschler/i-kind-of-write-about-visual-art-the-way-roger-angell-writes-about/) [Lawrence Weschler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-weschler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b74/lawrence-weschler-52309_about_i-kind-of-write-about-visual-art-the-way_616643.jpg) > [I often call Daptone the Motown and Stax of today. But in some ways, it's different. At Motown, a lot of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-jones/i-often-call-daptone-the-motown-and-stax-of-today-but-in-some-ways-it/) [Sharon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bc/sharon-jones-8033_anyone_i-often-call-daptone-the-motown-and-stax_493957.jpg) > [Well, I, you know, I think at PIMCO we always try and be open with the press and the public. I mean,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gross/well-i-you-know-i-think-at-pimco-we-always-try-and-be-open-with-the/) [Bill Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee0/bill-gross-13827_always_well-i-you-know-i-think-at-pimco-we-alwa_499056.png) > [My favourite author as a child and teenager, and who I still re-read now, is K. M. Peyton. She writes very truthfully;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadie-jones/my-favourite-author-as-a-child-and-teenager-and-who-i-still-re-read/) [Sadie Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadie-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/070/sadie-jones-20359_actually_my-favourite-author-as-a-child-and-teena_712012.jpg) > [“ My dad died, I write. almost a year ago. Car accident. My hand is shaking; my eyes sting and fill. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/my-dad-died-i-write-almost-a-year-ago-car-accident-my-hand-is-shaking/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22b/sara-zarr-2184_car-accident_my-dad-died-i-write-almost-a-year-ago-ca_3202025.jpg) > [“I live in a world in which 40 men control wealth equal to that of nearly 80 countries, where to maintain their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecile-pineda/i-live-in-a-world-in-which-40-men-control-wealth-equal-to-that-of/) Cecile Pineda [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3af/cecile-pineda-141888_1_i-live-in-a-world-in-which-40-men-contro_210740.jpg) > [Why one writes is a question I can answer easily, having so often asked it of myself. I believe one writes because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/why-one-writes-is-a-question-i-can-answer-easily-having-so-often/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e64/anais-nin-288_answers_why-one-writes-is-a-question-i-can-answe_881560.png) > [ \[Raymond Roussel\] said that after his first book he expected that the next morning there would be a kind of aura around… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-foucault/raymond-roussel-said-that-after-his-first-book-he-expected-that-the/) [Michel Foucault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-foucault/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bb/michel-foucault-1134_able_raymond-roussel-said-that-after-his-firs_1123161.jpg) > [“One writes not to be read but to breathe...one writes to think, to pray, to analyze. One writes to clear one's mind,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-morrow-lindbergh/one-writes-not-to-be-read-but-to-breathe-one-writes-to-think-to-pray-2/) [Anne Morrow Lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-morrow-lindbergh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5be/anne-morrow-lindbergh-983_writer_one-writes-not-to-be-read-but-to-breathe_3089831.jpg) > [To exact of every man who writes that he should say something new, would be to reduce authors to a small number;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/to-exact-of-every-man-who-writes-that-he-should-say-something-new/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec7/samuel-johnson-50_book_to-exact-of-every-man-who-writes-that-he_822885.jpg) > [“Do you have a piece of paper I could write on?” I jump up too fast. “Sure. Just one? Do you—of course…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesca-zappia/do-you-have-a-piece-of-paper-i-could-write-on-i-jump-up-too-fast-sure/) [Francesca Zappia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francesca-zappia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fd/francesca-zappia-3158_gaze_do-you-have-a-piece-of-paper-i-could-wri_2380723.jpg) > [“A taciturn writer, for instance, might produce only one short poem every ten years, which is unlikely to annoy anyone, whereas someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lemony-snicket/a-taciturn-writer-for-instance-might-produce-only-one-short-poem/) [Lemony Snicket](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lemony-snicket/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3c/lemony-snicket-663_books_a-taciturn-writer-for-instance-might-pro_415782.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writes/#itemlist", "name": "Writes Quotes", "numberOfItems": 40, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": 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Just one? Do you—of course you need something to write with. Sorry. Here.” I grab him a paper from my deskdrawer and one of my myriad pencils, and he uses the first Children of Hypnos book as a flat surface to write on. When I’m sure he’s writing something for me to read right now, I say, “I thought you only needed to do that when other people were around?” He etches one careful line after the next. He frowns, shakes his head. “Sometimes it’s . . . tough to say things. Certain things.” His voice is hardly a whisper. I sit down beside him again, but his big hand blocks my view of the words. He stops writing, leaves the paper there, and stares. Then he hands it to me and looks the other direction. Can I kiss you? “Um,” is a delightfully complex word. “Um” means “I want to say something but don’t know what it is,” and also “You have caught me off guard,” and also “Am I dreaming right now? Someone please slap me.” I say “um,” then. Wallace’s entire head-neck region is already flushed with color, but the “um” darkens it a few shades, and goddammit, he was nervous about asking me and I made it worse. What good is “um” when I should say “YES PLEASE NOW”? Except there’s no way I’m going to say “YES PLEASE NOW” because I feel like my body is one big wired time bomb of organs and if Wallace so much as brushes my hand, I’m going to jump out of my own skin and run screaming from the house. I’ll like it too much. Out of control. No good. I say, “Can I borrow that pencil?” He hands me the pencil, again without looking. Yes, but not right now. I know it sounds weird. Sorry. I don’t think it’ll go well if I know it’s coming. I will definitely freak out and punch you in the face or scream bloody murder or something like that. Surprising me with it would probably work better. I am giving you permission to surprise me with a kiss. This is a formal invitation for surprise kisses. I don’t like writing the word “kiss.” It makes my skin crawl. Sorry. It’s weird. I’m weird. Sorry. I hope that doesn’t make you regret asking. I hand the paper and pencil back. He reads it over, then writes: No regret. I can do surprises. That’s it. That’s it? Shit. Now he’s going to try to surprise me with a kiss. At some point. Later today? Tomorrow? A week from now? What if he never does it and I spend the rest of the time we hang out wondering if he will? What have I done? This was a terrible idea. I’m going to vomit. “Be right back,” I say, and run to the bathroom to curl up on the floor. Just for like five minutes. Then I go back to my room and sit down beside Wallace. As I’m moving myself into position, his hand falls over mine, and I don’t actually jump out of my skin. My control shakes for a moment, but I turn in to it, and everything smooths out. I flip my hand over. He flexes his fingers so I can fit mine in the spaces between. 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