--- title: "21 Writing World Quotes by 18 authors" description: "Browse 21 Writing World quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Writing World sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb9/virginia-woolf-49_inspirational_all-the-time-she-writing-the-world-had-c_1036464.jpg" --- > [All the time she writing the world had continued.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/all-the-time-she-writing-the-world-had-continued/) [Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb9/virginia-woolf-49_inspirational_all-the-time-she-writing-the-world-had-c_1036464.jpg) > [“Novel writing is World Building & Word Weaving (Neil Postman's terms).”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-m-varner/novel-writing-is-world-building-word-weaving-neil-postman-s-terms/) [J.M. Varner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-m-varner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ff/j-m-varner-244610_books_novel-writing-is-world-building-word-wea_2853300.jpg) > [I feel like I'll be writing World War 2 music the rest of my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-giacchino/i-feel-like-i-ll-be-writing-world-war-2-music-the-rest-of-my-life/) [Michael Giacchino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-giacchino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f67/michael-giacchino-4387_feel_i-feel-like-i-ll-be-writing-world-war-2_2516425.png) > [I think you want to be writing about the world that we live in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-chibnall/i-think-you-want-to-be-writing-about-the-world-that-we-live-in/) [Chris Chibnall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-chibnall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8be/chris-chibnall-9661_i-think_i-think-you-want-to-be-writing-about-the_210631.jpg) > [The world was going on as usual. All the time she was writing the world had continued.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/the-world-was-going-on-as-usual-all-the-time-she-was-writing-the/) [Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33e/virginia-woolf-49_continued_the-world-was-going-on-as-usual-all-the_3143557.jpg) > [I read constantly because there is so much to learn from the writing in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/i-read-constantly-because-there-is-so-much-to-learn-from-the-writing/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aad/roxane-gay-520_books_i-read-constantly-because-there-is-so-mu_2957127.png) > [When you get immersed in whatever you're writing, the world does suddenly get so filtered through what you're writing. And then of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-alison/when-you-get-immersed-in-whatever-you-re-writing-the-world-does/) [Jane Alison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-alison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b19/jane-alison-19956_courses_when-you-get-immersed-in-whatever-you-re_480309.jpg) > [The danger in writing about a world you don't know very well is that you can get lost in it, and sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-chaon/the-danger-in-writing-about-a-world-you-don-t-know-very-well-is-that/) [Dan Chaon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-chaon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1a/dan-chaon-2729_danger_the-danger-in-writing-about-a-world-you_1930213.jpg) > [My grief is that the publishing world, the book writing world is an extraordinary shoddy, dirty, dingy world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-naipaul/my-grief-is-that-the-publishing-world-the-book-writing-world-is-an/) [V. S. Naipaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-naipaul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/607/v-s-naipaul-3828_book_my-grief-is-that-the-publishing-world-th_1785795.png) > [Everything I've ever done, in the writing world, has been to expand articulation, rather than to close it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-morrison/everything-i-ve-ever-done-in-the-writing-world-has-been-to-expand/) [Toni Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db9/toni-morrison-271_articulation_everything-i-ve-ever-done-in-the-writing_2918150.jpg) > [Every moment of a science fiction story must represent the triumph of writing over world-building.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-john-harrison/every-moment-of-a-science-fiction-story-must-represent-the-triumph-of/) [M. John Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-john-harrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f68/m-john-harrison-15805_every_every-moment-of-a-science-fiction-story_946190.jpg) > [Not writing is as important as writing - go out into the world and remember how interesting it, and the people in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/not-writing-is-as-important-as-writing-go-out-into-the-world-and/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eaa/veronica-roth-66_important_not-writing-is-as-important-as-writing-g_1109569.png) > [I go through periods of not writing. Until there's something I can't find in the world that I need, so I write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-gottlieb/i-go-through-periods-of-not-writing-until-there-s-something-i-can-t/) [Daphne Gottlieb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-gottlieb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69d/daphne-gottlieb-21866_find_i-go-through-periods-of-not-writing-unti_514425.png) > [“I live in different worlds. One world where I perform my duty as a part of society. My favorite is my world.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ria-tumimomor/i-live-in-different-worlds-one-world-where-i-perform-my-duty-as-a/) [Ria Tumimomor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ria-tumimomor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/954/ria-tumimomor-73456_animals-love_i-live-in-different-worlds-one-world-whe_3053104.jpg) > [When I'm stuck in my writing, the world is amiss. If I'm eating a sandwich, it's an unsettled sandwich. If I'm in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-rosenberg/when-i-m-stuck-in-my-writing-the-world-is-amiss-if-i-m-eating-a/) [Melissa Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-rosenberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c3/melissa-rosenberg-10715_eating_when-i-m-stuck-in-my-writing-the-world-i_1006745.png) > [ When it is going well, it is the best job \[writing\] in the world. For those few hours, you are god, in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-scott/when-it-is-going-well-it-is-the-best-job-writing-in-the-world-for/) [Michael Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-scott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11a/michael-scott-1216_best-job_when-it-is-going-well-it-is-the-best-job_2000670.png) > [A lot of people work really diligently to maintain a "profile" in the writing world, but that's so hard, and so boring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-chaon/a-lot-of-people-work-really-diligently-to-maintain-a-profile-in-the/) [Dan Chaon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-chaon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/162/dan-chaon-2729_boring_a-lot-of-people-work-really-diligently-t_980385.png) > [People who write books - they live in their own world as they're writing. But people who are doing shows or big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-white/people-who-write-books-they-live-in-their-own-world-as-they-re/) [Mike White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cf/mike-white-9925_big-movie_people-who-write-books-they-live-in-thei_1487629.jpg) > [In order to be as free as I possibly can, in my own imagination, I can't take positions that are closed. Everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-morrison/in-order-to-be-as-free-as-i-possibly-can-in-my-own-imagination-i-can/) [Toni Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c4/toni-morrison-271_ambiguity_in-order-to-be-as-free-as-i-possibly-can_94596.jpg) > [ “\[Writing is\] world making and the peopling of those worlds, complete with time lines and heartache.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/writing-is-world-making-and-the-peopling-of-those-worlds-complete/) [David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/797/david-mitchell-264_time_writing-is-world-making-and-the-peopling_2782158.jpg) > [I think writing for a world one has invented can be infinitely more interesting than writing for the world we've all inherited.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-holmes/i-think-writing-for-a-world-one-has-invented-can-be-infinitely-more/) [Rupert Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-holmes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e28/rupert-holmes-28103_interesting_i-think-writing-for-a-world-one-has-inve_564717.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing-world/#itemlist", "name": "Writing World Quotes", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All the time she writing the world had continued.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Virginia Woolf" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/all-the-time-she-writing-the-world-had-continued/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb9/virginia-woolf-49_inspirational_all-the-time-she-writing-the-world-had-c_1036464.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb9/virginia-woolf-49_inspirational_all-the-time-she-writing-the-world-had-c_1036464.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb9/virginia-woolf-49_inspirational_all-the-time-she-writing-the-world-had-c_1036464.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All the time she writing the world had continued.” — Virginia Woolf", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Novel writing is World Building & Word Weaving (Neil Postman's terms).”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "J.M. 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