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title: "39 Written People Quotes by 36 authors"
description: "Browse 39 Written People quotes by 36 authors. Discover the best Written People sayings and thoughts."
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> [The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bagehot/the-reason-why-so-few-good-books-are-written-is-that-so-few-people-2/)

[Walter Bagehot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-bagehot/)

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> [I don’t see why it matters what is written. Not when it’s about people. It can always be crossed out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-don-t-see-why-it-matters-what-is-written-not-when-it-s-about-people/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The reason most folksongs are so atrocious is that they were written by the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-lehrer/the-reason-most-folksongs-are-so-atrocious-is-that-they-were-written/)

[Tom Lehrer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-lehrer/)

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> [Good novel are written by people who are not frightened.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/good-novel-are-written-by-people-who-are-not-frightened/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

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> [The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people who write know anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bagehot/the-reason-that-there-are-so-few-good-books-written-is-that-so-few/)

[Walter Bagehot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-bagehot/)

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> [But I decline to say who has ever listened to them, who has written them, or other people who have sung them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-seeger/but-i-decline-to-say-who-has-ever-listened-to-them-who-has-written/)

[Pete Seeger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-seeger/)

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> [My entire career, in fiction or nonfiction, I have reported and written about people who are not like me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wolfe/my-entire-career-in-fiction-or-nonfiction-i-have-reported-and-written/)

[Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wolfe/)

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> [The real history does not get written, because it is not in people's brains but in their nerves and vitals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-north-whitehead/the-real-history-does-not-get-written-because-it-is-not-in-people-s/)

[Alfred North Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-north-whitehead/)

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> [Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bible/neither-be-ye-idolaters-as-were-some-of-them-as-it-is-written-the/)

[Bible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bible/)

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> [I've definitely written people e-mails telling them I've loved their stories, but that seems more like a professional journalist thing to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-stein/i-ve-definitely-written-people-e-mails-telling-them-i-ve-loved-their/)

[Joel Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-stein/)

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> [Most books about Stanley Kubrick were written by people who never met him and gathered information from articles written by others who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-harlan/most-books-about-stanley-kubrick-were-written-by-people-who-never-met/)

[Jan Harlan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-harlan/)

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> [We need laws written by people who have confronted life in the real world, not in the sheltered world of trust fund…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/we-need-laws-written-by-people-who-have-confronted-life-in-the-real/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [Editorials are written by people who have agreed to have several strong opinions a day and to write them down, provided they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/editorials-are-written-by-people-who-have-agreed-to-have-several/)

[Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/)

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> [“In his experience, anything really important never got written down, because by then people were too busy shouting.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/in-his-experience-anything-really-important-never-got-written-down/)

[Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/)

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> [I'd wanted to be a writer since I was knee-high. Once I knew that books were written by people and didn't just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/i-d-wanted-to-be-a-writer-since-i-was-knee-high-once-i-knew-that/)

[Jon Spaihts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-spaihts/)

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> [Most science fiction seemed to be written for people who already liked science fiction; I wanted to write stories for anyone, anywhere,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chabon/most-science-fiction-seemed-to-be-written-for-people-who-already/)

[Michael Chabon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chabon/)

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> [I've always written about people who have very abstracted in a certain way. I write about scientists and artists and musicians. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-barrett/i-ve-always-written-about-people-who-have-very-abstracted-in-a/)

[Andrea Barrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-barrett/)

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> [There have been plenty of things that I've written that other people haven't cared about, but it hasn't stopped me from being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-o-malley/there-have-been-plenty-of-things-that-i-ve-written-that-other-people/)

[Mike O'Malley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-o-malley/)

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> [The reason why so few good books are written is, that so few people that can write know anything. In general an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bagehot/the-reason-why-so-few-good-books-are-written-is-that-so-few-people/)

[Walter Bagehot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-bagehot/)

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> [“I write to breath life back into memory to remind African-Americans of our rich and textured history. I also see myself as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernice-l-mcfadden/i-write-to-breath-life-back-into-memory-to-remind-african-americans/)

[Bernice L. McFadden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernice-l-mcfadden/)

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> [People no longer write letters. Lacking the leisure, and, for the most part, the ability, they dictate dispatches, and scribble messages. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-chandler-harris/people-no-longer-write-letters-lacking-the-leisure-and-for-the-most/)

[Joel Chandler Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-chandler-harris/)

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> [In the past, I've always written about my experiences, and people related to that, but there's a lot of other things that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cassadee-pope/in-the-past-i-ve-always-written-about-my-experiences-and-people/)

[Cassadee Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cassadee-pope/)

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> [You know, it's a funny thing about writers. Most people don't stop to think of books being written by people much like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/you-know-it-s-a-funny-thing-about-writers-most-people-don-t-stop-to/)

[Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/)

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> [I can't complain that I've had a public all through my writing life, but people don't quite know what I've written. People…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bennett/i-can-t-complain-that-i-ve-had-a-public-all-through-my-writing-life/)

[Alan Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bennett/)

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> [I think that if you look at all of the books that have ever been written about people working in the White…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alyssa-mastromonaco/i-think-that-if-you-look-at-all-of-the-books-that-have-ever-been/)

[Alyssa Mastromonaco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alyssa-mastromonaco/)

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> [“Programs should be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/programs-should-be-written-for-people-to-read-and-only-incidentally/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“This story was not written for people who do not know what I'm talking about.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-higgs/this-story-was-not-written-for-people-who-do-not-know-what-i-m/)

[Christopher Higgs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-higgs/)

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> [“In this place called Hell novels are written by people who don't read books.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-seven/in-this-place-called-hell-novels-are-written-by-people-who-don-t-read/)

[Andy Seven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-seven/)

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> [Songs are often written by people who are witnesses to history,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-nethercutt/songs-are-often-written-by-people-who-are-witnesses-to-history/)

[George Nethercutt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-nethercutt/)

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> [Business books are generally read and written by people who aren't good at business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-dunn/business-books-are-generally-read-and-written-by-people-who-aren-t/)

[Andy Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-dunn/)

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> [I have written much less than most people who write; I have drunk much more than most people who drink.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-debord/i-have-written-much-less-than-most-people-who-write-i-have-drunk-much/)

[Guy Debord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-debord/)

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> [So much has been written about me, and people don't know what's right and what's wrong. I'd rather let them stay confused.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prince/so-much-has-been-written-about-me-and-people-don-t-know-what-s-right/)

[Prince](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prince/)

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> [She liked things that had been written by people who had lived short, ugly, and tragic lives. Or, who at least, were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-hill/she-liked-things-that-had-been-written-by-people-who-had-lived-short/)

[Joe Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-hill/)

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> [It is very annoying - things have been written by people who didn't know me at all or Princess Diana. They were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hasnat-khan/it-is-very-annoying-things-have-been-written-by-people-who-didn-t/)

[Hasnat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hasnat-khan/)

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> [“If this were a novel, he might simply be a poorly written character. But there are no poorly written people. Only ones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-pek/if-this-were-a-novel-he-might-simply-be-a-poorly-written-character/)

[Jane Pek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-pek/)

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> [In a way, there's nothing new under the sun, so anything you write about has been written about by other people. All…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-andrews/in-a-way-there-s-nothing-new-under-the-sun-so-anything-you-write/)

[Jesse Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-andrews/)

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> [There was a time when history was written by a few people, the winners. Now, history is written by all of us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mccormack/there-was-a-time-when-history-was-written-by-a-few-people-the-winners/)

[Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-mccormack/)

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> [“almost all the wall posts, which arrived nearly as fast as I could read them, were written by people I’d never met…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/almost-all-the-wall-posts-which-arrived-nearly-as-fast-as-i-could/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> ['Glee' is produced with three people and written by three people. In my mind, I don't believe there's any other show on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-reilly/glee-is-produced-with-three-people-and-written-by-three-people-in-my/)

[Kevin Reilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-reilly/)

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