--- title: "15 Writing Said Quotes by 15 authors" description: "Browse 15 Writing Said quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Writing Said sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/587/george-sheehan-23131_writing_writing-someone-said-is-turning-blood-in_1821778.jpg" --- > [“Writing, someone said, is turning blood into ink.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sheehan/writing-someone-said-is-turning-blood-into-ink/) [George Sheehan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sheehan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/587/george-sheehan-23131_writing_writing-someone-said-is-turning-blood-in_1821778.jpg) > [I started writing, then said I don't know if I want to share all that. I don't know if I want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-taylor/i-started-writing-then-said-i-don-t-know-if-i-want-to-share-all-that/) [Jason Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f53/jason-taylor-5760_everything_i-started-writing-then-said-i-don-t-know_3144428.jpg) > [Who here wants to be a writer?' I asked. Everyone in the room raised his hand. 'Why the hell aren't you home…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-uris/who-here-wants-to-be-a-writer-i-asked-everyone-in-the-room-raised-his/) [Leon Uris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-uris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85e/leon-uris-7821_hands_who-here-wants-to-be-a-writer-i-asked-ev_2833303.jpg) > [I have begun writing what I have said I'd never write, a memoir ("I am not my own subject," I used to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/i-have-begun-writing-what-i-have-said-i-d-never-write-a-memoir-i-am/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19f/gore-vidal-466_icy_i-have-begun-writing-what-i-have-said-i_2933696.jpg) > [When I started writing, I said, 'I don't know how to do this. I don't know if it sounds good.' Coming from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalid/when-i-started-writing-i-said-i-don-t-know-how-to-do-this-i-don-t/) [Khalid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b97/khalid-7882_confidence_when-i-started-writing-i-said-i-don-t-kn_2328071.jpg) > [Fairfield Porter who has been my model for art writing all along, said that if the most interesting thing about a work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-salle/fairfield-porter-who-has-been-my-model-for-art-writing-all-along-said/) [David Salle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-salle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f5/david-salle-11131_art_fairfield-porter-who-has-been-my-model-f_1865223.jpg) > [“I am writing to you because she said you listen and understand and didn't try to sleep with that person at that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-chbosky/i-am-writing-to-you-because-she-said-you-listen-and-understand-and-2/) [Stephen Chbosky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-chbosky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0b/stephen-chbosky-387_humanity_i-am-writing-to-you-because-she-said-you_1428392.jpg) > [“Writing, when all is said and done, is an attempt to understand one's own circumstance and to clarify the confusion of existence,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/writing-when-all-is-said-and-done-is-an-attempt-to-understand-one-s/) [Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/937/isabel-allende-266_life_writing-when-all-is-said-and-done-is-an_284071.jpg) > [Sometimes, what's not said is just as important to the writing as what is said. As a writer, we have our voices…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-edgerton/sometimes-what-s-not-said-is-just-as-important-to-the-writing-as-what/) [Joel Edgerton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-edgerton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22e/joel-edgerton-2300_ability_sometimes-what-s-not-said-is-just-as-imp_1831360.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e57/chinua-achebe-781_accepting_writing-is-like-wrestling-you-are-wrestl_1097966.png) > [“The key to excellent report writing' he said between chews, 'is to take every bit of passion out of it. Use an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kellerman/the-key-to-excellent-report-writing-he-said-between-chews-is-to-take/) [Jonathan Kellerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kellerman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c2/jonathan-kellerman-10226_chews_the-key-to-excellent-report-writing-he-s_2559560.png) > [The thing to remember when you're writing," he said, " is, it's not whether or not what you put on paper is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-lint/the-thing-to-remember-when-you-re-writing-he-said-is-it-s-not-whether/) [Charles de Lint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-lint/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e1/charles-de-lint-1481_belief_the-thing-to-remember-when-you-re-writin_2658820.jpg) > [“I am writing to you because she said you listen and understand and didn’t try to sleep with that person at that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-chobsky-2/i-am-writing-to-you-because-she-said-you-listen-and-understand-and/) [ٍStephen Chobsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-chobsky-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/827/stephen-chobsky-2-114813_quote_i-am-writing-to-you-because-she-said-you_498312.jpg) > [“Although my road to writing seems like it may have come easily, there were a few bumps in that road. I didn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-jean-slack/although-my-road-to-writing-seems-like-it-may-have-come-easily-there/) [Nina Jean Slack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-jean-slack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92c/nina-jean-slack-34529_adorable_although-my-road-to-writing-seems-like-i_1126287.jpg) > [ I was over at Alison's \[McGhee\], I think we were playing Scrabble. I remember we were both complaining - yeah, we sound… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/i-was-over-at-alison-s-mcghee-i-think-we-were-playing-scrabble-i/) [Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2d/kate-dicamillo-599_complaining_i-was-over-at-alison-s-mcghee-i-think-we_2864462.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing-said/#itemlist", "name": "Writing Said Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Writing, someone said, is turning blood into ink.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George Sheehan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sheehan/writing-someone-said-is-turning-blood-into-ink/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/587/george-sheehan-23131_writing_writing-someone-said-is-turning-blood-in_1821778.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/587/george-sheehan-23131_writing_writing-someone-said-is-turning-blood-in_1821778.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/587/george-sheehan-23131_writing_writing-someone-said-is-turning-blood-in_1821778.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Writing, someone said, is turning blood into ink.” — George Sheehan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I started writing, then said I don't know if I want to share all that. 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So that when one's superior officers read it, they zone out and start skimming and maybe don't notice the fact that one has been spinning one's wheels since the body turned up and hasn't solved a goddamn thing.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jonathan Kellerman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kellerman/the-key-to-excellent-report-writing-he-said-between-chews-is-to-take/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c2/jonathan-kellerman-10226_chews_the-key-to-excellent-report-writing-he-s_2559560.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c2/jonathan-kellerman-10226_chews_the-key-to-excellent-report-writing-he-s_2559560.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c2/jonathan-kellerman-10226_chews_the-key-to-excellent-report-writing-he-s_2559560.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The key to excellent report writing' he said between chews, 'is to take every bit of passion out of it. 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