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title: "6 Writing Begin Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [“I tell my students to write of their true subjects. How will they know when they are writing of their true subjects?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-carol-oates/i-tell-my-students-to-write-of-their-true-subjects-how-will-they-know/)

[Joyce Carol Oates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-carol-oates/)

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> [Advice to writers: Sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanislaw-jerzy-lec/advice-to-writers-sometimes-you-just-have-to-stop-writing-even-before/)

[Stanislaw Jerzy Lec](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanislaw-jerzy-lec/)

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> [I can't speak in too much detail about a book or story I'm working on because I find that it takes the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-b-coe/i-can-t-speak-in-too-much-detail-about-a-book-or-story-i-m-working-on/)

[David B. Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-b-coe/)

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> [I don't write every day, but if I go more than a couple of months without writing, I begin to get a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-equi/i-don-t-write-every-day-but-if-i-go-more-than-a-couple-of-months/)

[Elaine Equi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-equi/)

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> [When I wake up in the morning, I need the writing to go to. I begin there. And that's not an accident,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-edgar-wideman/when-i-wake-up-in-the-morning-i-need-the-writing-to-go-to-i-begin/)

[John Edgar Wideman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-edgar-wideman/)

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> [After a while, the characters I'm writing begin to feel real to me. That's when I know I'm heading in the right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/after-a-while-the-characters-i-m-writing-begin-to-feel-real-to-me/)

[Alice Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-hoffman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/775/alice-hoffman-427_character_after-a-while-the-characters-i-m-writing_2734204.png)

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