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title: "8 Written Writing Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Written Writing quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Written Writing sayings and thoughts."
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> [“In all people I see myself, none more and not one a barleycorn less, And the good or bad I say of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-whitman/in-all-people-i-see-myself-none-more-and-not-one-a-barleycorn-less/)

[Walt Whitman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-whitman/)

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> [“Writing teachers invariably tell students, write about what you know. That's, of course, what you have to do, but on the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-l-doctorow-2/writing-teachers-invariably-tell-students-write-about-what-you-know/)

[E.L. Doctorow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-l-doctorow-2/)

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> [Life is written in PEN, there's no erasing what you've already written, so keep writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-is-written-in-pen-there-s-no-erasing-what-you-ve-already-written/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19a/anonymous-1_dont-look-back_life-is-written-in-pen-there-s-no-erasin_979302.jpg)

> [What can't be said can be written. Because writing is a silent act, a labor from the head to the hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herta-m-ller/what-can-t-be-said-can-be-written-because-writing-is-a-silent-act-a/)

[Herta Muller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herta-m-ller/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73b/herta-m-ller-4269_hand_what-can-t-be-said-can-be-written-becaus_1365222.jpg)

> [Sometimes I wonder if I'm a character being written, or if I'm writing myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-manson/sometimes-i-wonder-if-i-m-a-character-being-written-or-if-i-m-writing/)

[Marilyn Manson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-manson/)

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> [Writing-and this is the big secret-wants to be written. Writing loves a writer the way God loves a true devotee. Writing will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-cameron/writing-and-this-is-the-big-secret-wants-to-be-written-writing-loves/)

[Julia Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-cameron/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65c/julia-cameron-830_bigs_writing-and-this-is-the-big-secret-wants_2460322.png)

> [Make a habit of reading what is being written today and what has been written before. Writing is learned by imitation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/make-a-habit-of-reading-what-is-being-written-today-and-what-has-been/)

[William Zinsser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-zinsser/)

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> [Some people have written that my writing has helped them go on. It has helped me too. The writing, the roses, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/some-people-have-written-that-my-writing-has-helped-them-go-on-it-has/)

[Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/)

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