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title: "5 Writing Man Quotes by 5 authors"
description: "Browse 5 Writing Man quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Writing Man sayings and thoughts."
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> [By speech first, but far more by writing, man has been able to put something of himself beyond death. In tradition and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-huxley/by-speech-first-but-far-more-by-writing-man-has-been-able-to-put/)

[Julian Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-huxley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a30/julian-huxley-14028_able_by-speech-first-but-far-more-by-writing_152356.png)

> [A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman is exact.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-garvey/a-reading-man-and-woman-is-a-ready-man-and-woman-but-a-writing-man/)

[Marcus Garvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-garvey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b12/marcus-garvey-3106_books_a-reading-man-and-woman-is-a-ready-man-a_622435.png)

> [I don't suppose a writing man ever really gets rid of his old crocus-yellow neckties. Sooner or later, I think, they show…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger-2/i-don-t-suppose-a-writing-man-ever-really-gets-rid-of-his-old-crocus/)

[J. D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger-2/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cc/j-d-salinger-2-3505_can-do_i-don-t-suppose-a-writing-man-ever-reall_1124495.jpg)

> [Forgive me for not writing but this man is exhausting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallis-simpson/forgive-me-for-not-writing-but-this-man-is-exhausting/)

[Wallis Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallis-simpson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/805/wallis-simpson-26322_exhausting_forgive-me-for-not-writing-but-this-man_1529985.png)

> [Whether I am writing about a man or woman makes no difference in terms of difficulty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/whether-i-am-writing-about-a-man-or-woman-makes-no-difference-in/)

[Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08b/nick-hornby-325_difference_whether-i-am-writing-about-a-man-or-woma_2990887.png)

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