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title: "10 Writing Wonderful Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [“Writing is both wonderful and awful; you go from feeling inspired by the muses to feeling totally dull and boring.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bea-cannon/writing-is-both-wonderful-and-awful-you-go-from-feeling-inspired-by/)

[Bea Cannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bea-cannon/)

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> [I remember reading the script for 'Dangerous Liaisons' and thinking that I could quite happily spend the rest of my life watching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-frears/i-remember-reading-the-script-for-dangerous-liaisons-and-thinking/)

[Stephen Frears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-frears/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/982/stephen-frears-28358_cinema_i-remember-reading-the-script-for-danger_2829510.jpg)

> [Since I had started to break down all my writing and get rid of all facility and try to make instead of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/since-i-had-started-to-break-down-all-my-writing-and-get-rid-of-all/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/620/ernest-hemingway-83_break_since-i-had-started-to-break-down-all-my_2091034.jpg)

> [If you’re a writer, your first duty, a duty you owe to yourself and your readers, and to your writing itself, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodora-goss/if-you-re-a-writer-your-first-duty-a-duty-you-owe-to-yourself-and/)

[Theodora Goss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodora-goss/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c4/theodora-goss-10051_books_if-you-re-a-writer-your-first-duty-a-dut_1104905.png)

> [A lot of times you get people writing wonderful sentences and paragraphs, and they fall in love with their prose style, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/a-lot-of-times-you-get-people-writing-wonderful-sentences-and/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/037/james-patterson-171_fall_a-lot-of-times-you-get-people-writing-wo_1738419.png)

> [“Writing is a wonderful voyage of discovery. So sit down and write, and see where your mind can take you...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-jane-avory/writing-is-a-wonderful-voyage-of-discovery-so-sit-down-and-write-and/)

[Sarah Jane Avory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-jane-avory/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c26/sarah-jane-avory-66507_psychology_writing-is-a-wonderful-voyage-of-discove_1314693.jpg)

> [“On some days, writing is wonderful. On the days when it is wonderful, it feels like you are the God of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-whannell/on-some-days-writing-is-wonderful-on-the-days-when-it-is-wonderful-it/)

[Leigh Whannell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-whannell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f20/leigh-whannell-4824_humor_on-some-days-writing-is-wonderful-on-the_3016901.jpg)

> [I never question the way I write. Writing is the only thing that's without seams for me. It's an effort to talk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/i-never-question-the-way-i-write-writing-is-the-only-thing-that-s/)

[Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c99/augusten-burroughs-603_alive_i-never-question-the-way-i-write-writing_170679.png)

> [I find myself really feeling like it's possible that maybe the greater contribution I'm going to be able to make through this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-allen/i-find-myself-really-feeling-like-it-s-possible-that-maybe-the/)

[Karen Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-allen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8b/karen-allen-13954_able_i-find-myself-really-feeling-like-it-s-p_3130855.jpg)

> [My inspiration for writing is all the wonderful books that I read as a child and that I still read. I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-maclachlan/my-inspiration-for-writing-is-all-the-wonderful-books-that-i-read-as/)

[Patricia MacLachlan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-maclachlan/)

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