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title: "19 Writing Wouldn Quotes by 18 authors"
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> [I'm basically always writing. Why wouldn't I? I love it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelsea-ballerini/i-m-basically-always-writing-why-wouldn-t-i-i-love-it/)

[Kelsea Ballerini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelsea-ballerini/)

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> [I enjoy writing but I wouldn't want to do it all the time because generally you are not writing about things you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-widdicombe/i-enjoy-writing-but-i-wouldn-t-want-to-do-it-all-the-time-because/)

[Josh Widdicombe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-widdicombe/)

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> [I have to go on writing because I wouldn't be able to go on without writing. It is the only function that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/farley-mowat/i-have-to-go-on-writing-because-i-wouldn-t-be-able-to-go-on-without/)

[Farley Mowat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/farley-mowat/)

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> [“My characters were...rebelling against something...My own bad writing. I wouldn't do for my characters what they needed for me to do -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-scalzi/my-characters-were-rebelling-against-something-my-own-bad-writing-i/)

[John Scalzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-scalzi/)

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> [“Grayson: Fiction is just a lie anyway. Brianna: But it's not - it's a different kind of truth - it would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-roberts/grayson-fiction-is-just-a-lie-anyway-brianna-but-it-s-not-it-s-a/)

[Nora Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-roberts/)

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> [Probably when I was about 16 or 17 I started writing. I wouldn't call it poetry, even though I've referred to it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldous-harding/probably-when-i-was-about-16-or-17-i-started-writing-i-wouldn-t-call/)

[Aldous Harding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldous-harding/)

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> [The press keep asking me, 'What was your biggest mistake?' But if I had made a big mistake, they'd all be writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-livingstone/the-press-keep-asking-me-what-was-your-biggest-mistake-but-if-i-had/)

[Ken Livingstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-livingstone/)

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> [Remember you love writing. It wouldn’t be worth it if you didn’t. If the love fades, do what you need to and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-l-kennedy/remember-you-love-writing-it-wouldn-t-be-worth-it-if-you-didn-t-if-2/)

[A.L. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-l-kennedy/)

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> [The Sopranos all came down to the writing. I wouldn't have been on for as long as I was if the writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gandolfini/the-sopranos-all-came-down-to-the-writing-i-wouldn-t-have-been-on-for/)

[James Gandolfini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gandolfini/)

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> [And if you're gonna be a writer, you just truly have to be a writer. You have to throw yourself into it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheryl-strayed/and-if-you-re-gonna-be-a-writer-you-just-truly-have-to-be-a-writer/)

[Cheryl Strayed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheryl-strayed/)

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> [You always think, 'Oh, if only I had a little chalet in the mountains! How great that would be and I'd do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/you-always-think-oh-if-only-i-had-a-little-chalet-in-the-mountains/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [Let's say I was like, "I'm going to write a book this year," which I'm not. Let's just say that was it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jen-kirkman/let-s-say-i-was-like-i-m-going-to-write-a-book-this-year-which-i-m/)

[Jen Kirkman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jen-kirkman/)

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> [Remember you love writing. It wouldn't be worth it if you didn't. If the love fades, do what you need to and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-l-kennedy/remember-you-love-writing-it-wouldn-t-be-worth-it-if-you-didn-t-if/)

[A.L. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-l-kennedy/)

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> [I was starting to wonder if I was ready to be a writer, not someone who won prizes, got published and was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-patchett/i-was-starting-to-wonder-if-i-was-ready-to-be-a-writer-not-someone/)

[Ann Patchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-patchett/)

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> [“A Cyclops on a unicycle juggling three giant eyeballs couldn’t compare to the balanced vision my writing presents. In fact, noted linguist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/a-cyclops-on-a-unicycle-juggling-three-giant-eyeballs-couldn-t/)

[Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/)

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> [If I was painting or writing, I wouldn't veer away from things because they seemed unsavoury to me. So as an actor,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-hartnett/if-i-was-painting-or-writing-i-wouldn-t-veer-away-from-things-because/)

[Josh Hartnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-hartnett/)

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> [A story works when there's momentum, life behind the words. Some stories have this and others don't, and it's difficult to say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-j-miller/a-story-works-when-there-s-momentum-life-behind-the-words-some/)

[Mary J. Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-j-miller/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/416/mary-j-miller-21370_art_a-story-works-when-there-s-momentum-life_2090951.jpg)

> [If I had to write a rough draft, all the way through and then go back and start over, I probably would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/if-i-had-to-write-a-rough-draft-all-the-way-through-and-then-go-back/)

[Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/)

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> [Everyone who knew me as a child, they say they're not surprised that I became a writer because I wrote all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamaica-kincaid/everyone-who-knew-me-as-a-child-they-say-they-re-not-surprised-that-i/)

[Jamaica Kincaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamaica-kincaid/)

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