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title: "18 Written Good Quotes by 17 authors"
description: "Browse 18 Written Good quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Written Good sayings and thoughts."
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> [Right from day one, you know when you've written a good song.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-armatrading/right-from-day-one-you-know-when-you-ve-written-a-good-song/)

[Joan Armatrading](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-armatrading/)

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> [You know, looking at it objectively, I've written one or two good books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doris-lessing/you-know-looking-at-it-objectively-i-ve-written-one-or-two-good-books/)

[Doris Lessing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doris-lessing/)

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> [A Marxist has never written a good novel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-bashevis-singer/a-marxist-has-never-written-a-good-novel/)

[Isaac Bashevis Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-bashevis-singer/)

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> [I have written much about many good places. But the best places of all, I have never mentioned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-abbey/i-have-written-much-about-many-good-places-but-the-best-places-of-all/)

[Edward Abbey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-abbey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/082/edward-abbey-254_best-place_i-have-written-much-about-many-good-plac_2693045.png)

> [Sometimes I pick up a book and I say: Well, so you've written it first, have you? Good for you. O.K., then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doris-lessing/sometimes-i-pick-up-a-book-and-i-say-well-so-you-ve-written-it-first/)

[Doris Lessing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doris-lessing/)

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> [Everything written is as good as it is dramatic. It need not declare itself in form, but it is drama or nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/everything-written-is-as-good-as-it-is-dramatic-it-need-not-declare/)

[Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/)

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> [Anything well written with good language and clarity and honesty is worth doing. It comes out of the same tradition as Shakespeare.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moriarty/anything-well-written-with-good-language-and-clarity-and-honesty-is/)

[Michael Moriarty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-moriarty/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ea/michael-moriarty-15435_clarity_anything-well-written-with-good-language_6389.jpg)

> [Catch me on a good day, I think half of my books aren't too bad. Catch me on a bad day, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-lehane/catch-me-on-a-good-day-i-think-half-of-my-books-aren-t-too-bad-catch/)

[Dennis Lehane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-lehane/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/506/dennis-lehane-1503_bad-day_catch-me-on-a-good-day-i-think-half-of-m_708619.jpg)

> [If something is well-written, it has a chance to be good and if it's not well-written, it will not be good. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-cranston/if-something-is-well-written-it-has-a-chance-to-be-good-and-if-it-s/)

[Bryan Cranston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-cranston/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d43/bryan-cranston-2660_be-good_if-something-is-well-written-it-has-a-ch_2609344.png)

> [I don't want to be an actress. I want to be doing good work that is well written and has good people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-danes/i-don-t-want-to-be-an-actress-i-want-to-be-doing-good-work-that-is/)

[Claire Danes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-danes/)

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> [ When I finished \[writing it\], I was crying. I knew at long last, after ten years of trying, I had written something… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/when-i-finished-writing-it-i-was-crying-i-knew-at-long-last-after-ten/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

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> [“I can never go back on what I've written. If it was not good, it was true; if it was not artistic,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/i-can-never-go-back-on-what-i-ve-written-if-it-was-not-good-it-was/)

[Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/)

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> [“For a writer, I'm not sure that feeling of knowing you've just written something good and strong can be trumped. Not because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cara-rosalie-olsen/for-a-writer-i-m-not-sure-that-feeling-of-knowing-you-ve-just-written/)

[Cara Rosalie Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cara-rosalie-olsen/)

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> [If you read the biographies of people who have written good books, you often see the point where they suddenly come into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-franzen/if-you-read-the-biographies-of-people-who-have-written-good-books-you/)

[Jonathan Franzen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-franzen/)

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> [This Book had to be written by one of three people: good men, bad men or God. It couldn't have been written…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/this-book-had-to-be-written-by-one-of-three-people-good-men-bad-men/)

[John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/)

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> [“I’m convinced if I keep going one day I will write something decent. On very bad days I will observe that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-m-convinced-if-i-keep-going-one-day-i-will-write-something-decent/)

[Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/)

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> [I've written good love songs when I have been in love and I've written good love songs when I haven't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-legend/i-ve-written-good-love-songs-when-i-have-been-in-love-and-i-ve/)

[John Legend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-legend/)

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> [If anybody asks me what I have accomplished, I will say all I have accomplished is that I have written a few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/if-anybody-asks-me-what-i-have-accomplished-i-will-say-all-i-have/)

[Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/)

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