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title: "599 Writing life Quotes by 402 authors"
description: "Browse 599 Writing life quotes by 402 authors. Discover the best Writing life sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Nothing is louder than silence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/nothing-is-louder-than-silence/)

[Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/)

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> [“I read your diary. I KNOW.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-papas/i-read-your-diary-i-know/)

[Mary Papas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-papas/)

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> [“Writers by affliction are an idiosyncratic lot.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-goldstein/writers-by-affliction-are-an-idiosyncratic-lot/)

[Ken Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-goldstein/)

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> [“writing is vulnerable is power is freedom.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-quinn/writing-is-vulnerable-is-power-is-freedom/)

Anna Quinn

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> [“The only man she ever loved. And hated.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-papas/the-only-man-she-ever-loved-and-hated/)

[Mary Papas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-papas/)

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> [“America takes her writers too seriously.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kingsley-amis/america-takes-her-writers-too-seriously/)

[Kingsley Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kingsley-amis/)

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> [“Live first, write second.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-paul/live-first-write-second/)

Miranda Paul

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> [“Grab a pen and your turf will have no limits.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadun-lokuliyanage/grab-a-pen-and-your-turf-will-have-no-limits/)

Nadun Lokuliyanage

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> [“There is nothing like been consumed by the blazing fire of untold story.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/there-is-nothing-like-been-consumed-by-the-blazing-fire-of-untold/)

[Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/)

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> [“To wake up every day with a whisper of a dream and then put pen to paper to make it a reality”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-colbran/to-wake-up-every-day-with-a-whisper-of-a-dream-and-then-put-pen-to/)

Samuel Colbran

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> [“It’s amazing how fast you can write when there’s a gun to your head.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-ramirez/it-s-amazing-how-fast-you-can-write-when-there-s-a-gun-to-your-head/)

[Steven Ramirez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-ramirez/)

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> [“Somebody told me I'm a writer. I believed them. Now I regret it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefanos-livos/somebody-told-me-i-m-a-writer-i-believed-them-now-i-regret-it/)

[Stefanos Livos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefanos-livos/)

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> [“A good critique might ruffle your feathers, but it will help you fly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-dale/a-good-critique-might-ruffle-your-feathers-but-it-will-help-you-fly/)

Veronica Dale

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> [Writing is not life, but I think that sometimes it can be a way back to life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/writing-is-not-life-but-i-think-that-sometimes-it-can-be-a-way-back/)

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

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> [“Every book contains a secret – even the writer doesn't always know what it is.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carla-h-krueger-2/every-book-contains-a-secret-even-the-writer-doesn-t-always-know-what/)

[Carla H. Krueger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carla-h-krueger-2/)

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> [“In The End The Words Are The All And The Nothing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-m-engelhardt/in-the-end-the-words-are-the-all-and-the-nothing/)

[R.M. Engelhardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-m-engelhardt/)

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> [The life of sensation is the life of greed; it requires more and more. The life of the spirit requires less and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-dillard/the-life-of-sensation-is-the-life-of-greed-it-requires-more-and-more-2/)

[Annie Dillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-dillard/)

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> [“Don't say you're a writer if you're not writing. Even if you're writing, don't call yourself a writer. Say instead, 'I write.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-digh/don-t-say-you-re-a-writer-if-you-re-not-writing-even-if-you-re/)

[Patti Digh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-digh/)

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> [Though The Kite Runner was my first completed novel, I had been writing on and off for most of my life, primarily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/though-the-kite-runner-was-my-first-completed-novel-i-had-been/)

[Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/)

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> [“The writing that so thrills and exhilarates you, as if you were dancing right next to the band, is barely audible to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-dillard/the-writing-that-so-thrills-and-exhilarates-you-as-if-you-were/)

[Annie Dillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-dillard/)

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> [“...{N}othing is harder for the developing writer than overcoming his anxiety that he is fooling himself and cheating or embarrassing his family…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gardner/n-othing-is-harder-for-the-developing-writer-than-overcoming-his/)

[John Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gardner/)

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> [“Your first draft is a petulant teenager, sure it knows best, adamant that its Mother is wrong. Your third draft has emerged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angeline-trevena/your-first-draft-is-a-petulant-teenager-sure-it-knows-best-adamant/)

Angeline Trevena

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> [“How is your book doing?" or "How many copies have you sold?" are the questions for a salesman. To a writer, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shubham-choudhary/how-is-your-book-doing-or-how-many-copies-have-you-sold-are-the/)

[Shubham Choudhary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shubham-choudhary/)

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> [I didn't have to keep a bloody journal. It's terribly boring keeping a journal anyway. I hate it. You spend more time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-plummer/i-didn-t-have-to-keep-a-bloody-journal-it-s-terribly-boring-keeping-a/)

[Christopher Plummer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-plummer/)

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> [But the writing life, it turned out, was difficult. It wasn't like you could sit down and flip a switch and crank…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-marie-laskas/but-the-writing-life-it-turned-out-was-difficult-it-wasn-t-like-you/)

[Jeanne Marie Laskas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-marie-laskas/)

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> [“Receiving very little or no feedback from my writing I really don't know if people like it or if they are actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-james-pritchard/receiving-very-little-or-no-feedback-from-my-writing-i-really-don-t/)

[Andrew James Pritchard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-james-pritchard/)

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> [“If your written words become literal nails to crucify you with, then you have done your job well. You provoked a reaction,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stewart-stafford/if-your-written-words-become-literal-nails-to-crucify-you-with-then/)

[Stewart Stafford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stewart-stafford/)

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> [You know that this vignette and that vignette belong side by side, you know that a certain turn of phrase you've been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teju-cole/you-know-that-this-vignette-and-that-vignette-belong-side-by-side-you/)

[Teju Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teju-cole/)

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> [“Of course, if I write a first-person novel about a woman writer, I am inviting every book reviewer to apply the autobiographical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/of-course-if-i-write-a-first-person-novel-about-a-woman-writer-i-am/)

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

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> [“People who make snide comments to authors like "anyone can write a book" or "well, you did it, so obviously I can/it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-m-pillow/people-who-make-snide-comments-to-authors-like-anyone-can-write-a/)

[Michelle M. Pillow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-m-pillow/)

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> [“That’s the funny thing about writing your life story. You start out trying to remember dates and times and names. You think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hannah/that-s-the-funny-thing-about-writing-your-life-story-you-start-out/)

[Kristin Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-hannah/)

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> [“Some writers say they find the writing process lonely. I don't. Yes, it's solitary but when you can escape into a world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stewart-stafford/some-writers-say-they-find-the-writing-process-lonely-i-don-t-yes-it/)

[Stewart Stafford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stewart-stafford/)

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> [“I do not write every day. I write to the questions and issues before me. I write to deadlines. I write out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/i-do-not-write-every-day-i-write-to-the-questions-and-issues-before/)

[Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/)

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> [“Perhaps for many Japanese, autobiographical fiction writing is life. We are a people expected to complement, to harmonize, to anticipate one another's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-minatoya/perhaps-for-many-japanese-autobiographical-fiction-writing-is-life-we/)

[Lydia Minatoya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lydia-minatoya/)

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> [“Autobiographical writing stands as lasting memorial for enduring the travails of an earthly life. Writing is an apt technique to score our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kilroy-j-oldster/autobiographical-writing-stands-as-lasting-memorial-for-enduring-the/)

[Kilroy J. Oldster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kilroy-j-oldster/)

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> [For me, the writing life doesn't just happen when I sit at the writing desk. It is a life lived with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-alvarez/for-me-the-writing-life-doesn-t-just-happen-when-i-sit-at-the-writing/)

[Julia Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-alvarez/)

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> [“He stares now at the three words he has written.They are ridiculous. Writing is ridiculous. A sentence, any sentence, is absurd. Just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-baker/he-stares-now-at-the-three-words-he-has-written-they-are-ridiculous/)

[Jo Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-baker/)

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> [“I love being by myself. I love it when it works, and I can't for the life of me figure out how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-grafton/i-love-being-by-myself-i-love-it-when-it-works-and-i-can-t-for-the/)

[Sue Grafton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-grafton/)

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> [“It galls me that seeking out the seedy, the sordid, the sexual, and the deviant is the expected (if not altogether acceptable)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/it-galls-me-that-seeking-out-the-seedy-the-sordid-the-sexual-and-the/)

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

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> [“Panic strikes me when I think about a sentence that isn’t given the chance to live because I don’t have a pen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adi-alsaid/panic-strikes-me-when-i-think-about-a-sentence-that-isn-t-given-the/)

[Adi Alsaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adi-alsaid/)

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                        "text": "“Of course, if I write a first-person novel about a woman writer, I am inviting every book reviewer to apply the autobiographical label -- to conclude that I am writing about myself. But one must never not write a certain kind of novel out of fear of what the reaction to it will be.”",
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                        "text": "“People who make snide comments to authors like \"anyone can write a book\" or \"well, you did it, so obviously I can/it can't be that hard\" or poke at a book because it's \"romance\" or \"genre fiction\" and act like that somehow makes it substandard because they don't read it... well, ok, go ahead. Write a bestseller. Don't forget to go through the correct edit process. We'll wait.”",
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                        "text": "“That’s the funny thing about writing your life story. You start out trying to remember dates and times and names. You think it’s about facts, your life; that what you’ll look back on and remember are the successes and failures, the time line of your youth and middle age, but that isn’t it at all. Love. Family. Laughter. That’s what I remember when it’s all said and done.”",
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                        "text": "“I do not write every day. I write to the questions and issues before me. I write to deadlines. I write out of my passions. And I write to make peace with my own contradictory nature. For me, writing is a spiritual practice. A small bowl of water sits on my desk, a reminder that even if nothing is happening on the page, something is happening in the room--evaporation. And I always light a candle when I begin to write, a reminder that I have now entered another realm, call it the realm of the Spirit. I am mindful that when one writes, one leaves this world and enters another. My books are collages made from journals, research, and personal experience. I love the images rendered in journal entries, the immediacy that is captured on the page, the handwritten notes. I love the depth of ideas and perspective that research brings to a story, be it biological or anthropological studies or the insights brought to the page by the scholarly work of art historians. When I go into a library, I feel like I am a sleuth looking to solve a mystery. I am completely inspired by the pursuit of knowledge through various references. I read newpapers voraciously. I love what newspapers say about contemporary culture. And then you go back to your own perceptions, your own words, and weigh them against all you have brought together. I am interested in the kaleidoscope of ideas, how you bring many strands of thought into a book and weave them together as one piece of coherent fabric, while at the same time trying to create beautiful language in the service of the story. This is the blood work of the writer. Writing is also about a life engaged. And so, for me, community work, working in the schools or with grassroots conservation organizations is another critical component of my life as a writer. I cannot separate the writing life from a spiritual life, from a life as a teacher or activist or my life intertwined with family and the responsibilities we carry within our own homes. Writing is daring to feel what nurtures and breaks our hearts. Bearing witness is its own form of advocacy. It is a dance with pain and beauty.”",
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                        "text": "“Perhaps for many Japanese, autobiographical fiction writing is life. We are a people expected to complement, to harmonize, to anticipate one another's needs. All without a single spoken clue. And the reason is that he's in training to be a writer. Observing detail, understanding irony, interpreting motivation. Hiro knows that acts are symbolic. The hard sour fruit offered too soon in its season carries a message. He has made an error in the timing of his visit. He has inconvenienced that family. This is the Japanese way. Cogitating on inner meaning. Revealing ourselves and perceiving others through carefully crafted scenes. Writing our endless I-stories.”",
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                        "text": "“Autobiographical writing stands as lasting memorial for enduring the travails of an earthly life. Writing is an apt technique to score our storyline into the annuals of time. To endure a mortal life is merely a transitory experience whereas writing about how one lived is an internalized exposition of what it means to be human. Writing is an external exhibition injecting the author into the world’s consciousness.”",
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                        "text": "“He stares now at the three words he has written.They are ridiculous. Writing is ridiculous. A sentence, any sentence, is absurd. Just the idea of it; jam one word up against another, shoulder-to-shoulder, jaw-to-jaw; hem them in with punctuation so they can't move an inch. And then hand that over to someone else to peer at, and expect something to be communicated, something understood. It's not just pointless. It is ethically suspect.”",
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                        "text": "“It galls me that seeking out the seedy, the sordid, the sexual, and the deviant is the expected (if not altogether acceptable) behavior of male writers; it would surely benefit me, as a writer, if I had the courage to seek out more of the seedy, the sordid, the sexual, and the deviant myself. But women who seek out such things are made to feel ashamed, or else they sound stridently ridiculous in defending themselves -- as if they're bragging. ... Yet there are subjects that remain off-limits for women writers. It's not unlike that dichotomy which exists regarding one's sexual past: it is permissible, even attractive, for a man to have had one, but if a woman has had a sexual past, she'd better keep quiet about it.”",
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