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> [Writing must certainly be one of the hardest professions - writing and painting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anjelica-huston/writing-must-certainly-be-one-of-the-hardest-professions-writing-and/)

[Anjelica Huston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anjelica-huston/)

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> [The best writing is certainly when you are in love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/the-best-writing-is-certainly-when-you-are-in-love/)

[Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/)

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> [Haec ego non multis (scribo), sed tibi: satis enim magnum alter alteri theatrum sumus. I am writing this not to many, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epicurus/haec-ego-non-multis-scribo-sed-tibi-satis-enim-magnum-alter-alteri/)

[Epicurus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epicurus/)

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> [You can write any time people will leave you alone and not interrupt you. Or rather you can if you will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/you-can-write-any-time-people-will-leave-you-alone-and-not-interrupt/)

[Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/)

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> [For me, the most important thing is the writing - and certainly the director. But if the writing isn't there, it doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-kane/for-me-the-most-important-thing-is-the-writing-and-certainly-the/)

[Carol Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-kane/)

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> [our finest writing will certainly come from what is unregenerate in ourselves. It will come from the part that is obdurate, unbanishable,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bonnie-friedman/our-finest-writing-will-certainly-come-from-what-is-unregenerate-in/)

[Bonnie Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bonnie-friedman/)

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> [I think that screenwriting probably isn't seen as writing in the same way that novel-writing is seen as writing. But I certainly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-garland/i-think-that-screenwriting-probably-isn-t-seen-as-writing-in-the-same/)

[Alex Garland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-garland/)

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> [You can write any time people will leave you alone and not interrupt you. Or rather you can if you will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/you-can-write-any-time-people-will-leave-you-alone-and-not-interrupt-2/)

[Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/)

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> [Writing has certainly helped me explore about 20,000 versions of my authentic self. I suppose that's what most writers discover if they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/writing-has-certainly-helped-me-explore-about-20-000-versions-of-my/)

[Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/)

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> [I don't know if nature is a direct literary influence on my writing, but it is certainly important to me. I take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/per-petterson/i-don-t-know-if-nature-is-a-direct-literary-influence-on-my-writing/)

[Per Petterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/per-petterson/)

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> [I think scrin writers like to see how people bring their words to life, and it's always surprising. Always, no matter what,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-edelstein/i-think-scrin-writers-like-to-see-how-people-bring-their-words-to/)

[Lisa Edelstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-edelstein/)

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