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title: "242 Writing Like Quotes by 213 authors"
description: "Browse 242 Writing Like quotes by 213 authors. Discover the best Writing Like sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Writing is like a breath of fresh air.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chantal-bellehumeur/writing-is-like-a-breath-of-fresh-air/)

Chantal Bellehumeur

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> [I was always writing, since I was, like, 12.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-boogie-wit-da-hoodie/i-was-always-writing-since-i-was-like-12/)

[A Boogie wit da Hoodie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-boogie-wit-da-hoodie/)

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> [Talking like touching. Writing like punching somebody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-sontag/talking-like-touching-writing-like-punching-somebody/)

[Susan Sontag](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-sontag/)

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> [Good writing is like a windowpane.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/good-writing-is-like-a-windowpane/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

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> [I treat writing like a nine to five job.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dawn-o-porter/i-treat-writing-like-a-nine-to-five-job/)

[Dawn O'Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dawn-o-porter/)

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> [“Writing is like pulling teeth out of your penis.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-safran-foer/writing-is-like-pulling-teeth-out-of-your-penis/)

[Jonathan Safran Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-safran-foer/)

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> [Writing is like a mental masturbation to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/writing-is-like-a-mental-masturbation-to-me/)

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

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> [Writing is still like heaving bricks over a wall.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/writing-is-still-like-heaving-bricks-over-a-wall/)

[Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/)

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> [There's an ecstatic side to writing. It's like jazz. It just has a life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/there-s-an-ecstatic-side-to-writing-it-s-like-jazz-it-just-has-a-life/)

[Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/)

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> [Not writing would be like going the rest of your life without having dreams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/not-writing-would-be-like-going-the-rest-of-your-life-without-having/)

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

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> [“Writing to me is like hitting the herb. No problems, Mon. No worries.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-k-kuykendall/writing-to-me-is-like-hitting-the-herb-no-problems-mon-no-worries/)

[A.K. Kuykendall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-k-kuykendall/)

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> [“Writing is like breathing -- it is necessary for my survival.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-c-hillstrom/writing-is-like-breathing-it-is-necessary-for-my-survival/)

[Michelle C. Hillstrom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-c-hillstrom/)

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> [“Writing is like masturbation. It might not bear fruit, but it certainly does feel good.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/writing-is-like-masturbation-it-might-not-bear-fruit-but-it-certainly/)

Charles Delmar author of My Cooking Coach and creator of MyCookingCoach.com

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> [I need therapy after writing. It's like leaking blood from a stone. It's brutally difficult but worth it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/feist/i-need-therapy-after-writing-it-s-like-leaking-blood-from-a-stone-it/)

[Feist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/feist/)

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> [“My writing is like those little carved baskets made in prisons…”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/my-writing-is-like-those-little-carved-baskets-made-in-prisons/)

[Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/)

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> [I go through my tweets while writing and be like, 'Oh, this has staying power and is still relevant.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaboukie-young-white/i-go-through-my-tweets-while-writing-and-be-like-oh-this-has-staying/)

[Jaboukie Young-White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaboukie-young-white/)

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> [A good edit process turns rocks into diamonds, and every author should love that part as much as the creative phase. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-smith/a-good-edit-process-turns-rocks-into-diamonds-and-every-author-should/)

[Kim Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-smith/)

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> [I'm into lately being a little less precious about writing and being like, "Okay, what if I just locked myself in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/i-m-into-lately-being-a-little-less-precious-about-writing-and-being/)

[Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/)

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> [I try not to picture a reader when I'm writing. It's like trying to make a great table but not picturing anybody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadie-jones/i-try-not-to-picture-a-reader-when-i-m-writing-it-s-like-trying-to/)

[Sadie Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadie-jones/)

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> [I don't remember deciding to become a writer. You decide to become a dentist or a postman. For me, writing is like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-haddon/i-don-t-remember-deciding-to-become-a-writer-you-decide-to-become-a/)

[Mark Haddon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-haddon/)

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> [“Writing is like bungee jumping for the soul...you take a deep breath, plunge into the abyss and hope the rope tethering you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judy-croome/writing-is-like-bungee-jumping-for-the-soul-you-take-a-deep-breath/)

[Judy Croome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judy-croome/)

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> [“Writing... is like putting a message in a bottle, and casting it into the evening tide... It is a container of yourself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-blaine-kirkpatrick/writing-is-like-putting-a-message-in-a-bottle-and-casting-it-into-the/)

[Joel Blaine Kirkpatrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-blaine-kirkpatrick/)

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> [My writing was very much like my diary, and I just put it out there to put it out there because I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tate-mcrae/my-writing-was-very-much-like-my-diary-and-i-just-put-it-out-there-to/)

[Tate McRae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tate-mcrae/)

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> [Writing is like anything else - the more you do it, the better you get at it, the easier it comes, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/writing-is-like-anything-else-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-you-get/)

[Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/)

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> [“It was funny about writing. It was like flying or driving or playing an instrument. When you were doing it like you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-niven/it-was-funny-about-writing-it-was-like-flying-or-driving-or-playing/)

[Jennifer Niven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-niven/)

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> [The fact is that writing, like any creative undertaking, carries with it both pain and great joy. The pain is often inherent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-barrington/the-fact-is-that-writing-like-any-creative-undertaking-carries-with/)

[Judith Barrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-barrington/)

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> [“Writing is like baking cupcakes, you're trying to make something from the raw. Like with cupcakes it's flour and eggs and stuff,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-shortt/writing-is-like-baking-cupcakes-you-re-trying-to-make-something-from/)

Emma Shortt

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> [Writing, to me, is like kayaking a river. You are paddling down, and you come to a walled-off canyon, and you make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-heller/writing-to-me-is-like-kayaking-a-river-you-are-paddling-down-and-you/)

[Peter Heller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-heller/)

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> [Writing is like that. You have to have some basic creative spark, and then, if you have that, I feel like you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-d-moore/writing-is-like-that-you-have-to-have-some-basic-creative-spark-and/)

[Ronald D. Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-d-moore/)

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> [“The act of writing itself is like an act of love. There is contact. There is exchange too. We no longer know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/the-act-of-writing-itself-is-like-an-act-of-love-there-is-contact/)

[Georges Rodenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-rodenbach/)

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> [“Writing to you like this makes me feel that you are still alive. It’s an illusion I’ve noticed before—words on a page…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-wein/writing-to-you-like-this-makes-me-feel-that-you-are-still-alive-it-s/)

[Elizabeth Wein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-wein/)

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> [What I'm really involved in when I'm writing is something that no one ever mentions when they see any play. Writing is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-shawn/what-i-m-really-involved-in-when-i-m-writing-is-something-that-no-one/)

[Wallace Shawn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallace-shawn/)

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> [“I fancy myself a writer. And writing, in its most eloquent manner, since time became a concept indoctrinated by true troglodytes, tickles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-matthes/i-fancy-myself-a-writer-and-writing-in-its-most-eloquent-manner-since/)

[Dave Matthes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-matthes/)

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> [“better? But what would become of me if I didn’t write what I can, however inferior it may be to what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/better-but-what-would-become-of-me-if-i-didn-t-write-what-i-can/)

[Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/)

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> [“Some writers might tell you that writing is like a piece of magic - a process of creating something out of nothing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-marshall-stoneking/some-writers-might-tell-you-that-writing-is-like-a-piece-of-magic-a/)

[Billy Marshall Stoneking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-marshall-stoneking/)

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> [There's a great temptation to throw things in, as you put it, that you think are neat, or that you have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-stead/there-s-a-great-temptation-to-throw-things-in-as-you-put-it-that-you/)

[Rebecca Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-stead/)

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> [“During the act of making something, I experience a kind of blissful absence of the self and a loss of time. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rakoff/during-the-act-of-making-something-i-experience-a-kind-of-blissful/)

[David Rakoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-rakoff/)

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> [“Writing! There's nothing like it! Well, you would know! You sit down in a corner. By yourself. With a sheet of paper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-burke/writing-there-s-nothing-like-it-well-you-would-know-you-sit-down-in-a/)

David Burke

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> [“It's a weird thing, writing. Sometimes you can look out across what you're writing, and it's like looking out over a landscape…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/it-s-a-weird-thing-writing-sometimes-you-can-look-out-across-what-you/)

[Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/)

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> [Writing is like wrestling; you are wrestling with ideas and with the story. There is a lot of energy required. At the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/writing-is-like-wrestling-you-are-wrestling-with-ideas-and-with-the/)

[Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/)

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                        "text": "“During the act of making something, I experience a kind of blissful absence of the self and a loss of time. When I am done, I return to both feeling as restored as if I had been on a trip. I almost never get this feeling any other way. I once spent sixteen hours making 150 wedding invitations by hand and was not for one instance of that time tempted to eat or look at my watch. By contrast, if seated at the computer, I check my email conservatively 30,000 times a day. When I am writing, I must have a snack, call a friend, or abuse myself every ten minutes. I used to think that this was nothing more than the difference between those things we do for love and those we do for money. But that can't be the whole story. I didn't always write for a living, and even back when it was my most fondly held dream to one day be able to do so, writing was always difficult. Writing is like pulling teeth. From my dick.”",
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                        "text": "“Writing! There's nothing like it! Well, you would know! You sit down in a corner. By yourself. With a sheet of paper and an old ballpoint. And out it comes! While the world, and all the steps in it, can go hang! Of course, it's often rubbish. Tedious, boring, over the top. But then you hit your stride for a few yards, and you feel wonderful! You find a phrase that exactly expresses what you want to say about something. You read it back to yourself again and again. It feels good. You read it again the next day; it still feels good.”",
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