--- title: "9 Wrote Journal Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Wrote Journal quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Wrote Journal sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e3/juliette-lewis-2857_come_i-wrote-songs-when-i-was-little-and-i-wr_999800.png" --- > [I wrote songs when I was little, and I wrote a journal, but I don't think I knew how to let that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juliette-lewis/i-wrote-songs-when-i-was-little-and-i-wrote-a-journal-but-i-don-t/) [Juliette Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juliette-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e3/juliette-lewis-2857_come_i-wrote-songs-when-i-was-little-and-i-wr_999800.png) > [I think early on I avoided singing because it was so personal and I didn't know how to sit in that intimacy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juliette-lewis/i-think-early-on-i-avoided-singing-because-it-was-so-personal-and-i/) [Juliette Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juliette-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31e/juliette-lewis-2857_avoided_i-think-early-on-i-avoided-singing-becau_279586.png) > [Well, I always wanted to write from the time I was very little, and my mother encouraged me. She wrote a journal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-rivers/well-i-always-wanted-to-write-from-the-time-i-was-very-little-and-my/) [Francine Rivers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-rivers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/411/francine-rivers-4154_about_well-i-always-wanted-to-write-from-the-t_2127461.jpg) > [“Studied all year and wrote in my journal like a nun works a Rosary, dog with a new bone, bee in his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-vickers/studied-all-year-and-wrote-in-my-journal-like-a-nun-works-a-rosary/) [Dennis Vickers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-vickers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29f/dennis-vickers-9116_simile_studied-all-year-and-wrote-in-my-journal_1411556.jpg) > [Every day I wrote in my journal: "How am I going to win today?" So that when the guys are talking about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-fey/every-day-i-wrote-in-my-journal-how-am-i-going-to-win-today-so-that/) [Tina Fey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-fey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81b/tina-fey-484_every-day_every-day-i-wrote-in-my-journal-how-am-i_2240062.jpg) > [“The snail had been a true mentor; its tiny existence had sustained me. Late one winter night I wrote in my journal:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-tova-bailey/the-snail-had-been-a-true-mentor-its-tiny-existence-had-sustained-me/) [Elisabeth Tova Bailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-tova-bailey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa8/elisabeth-tova-bailey-23990_life_the-snail-had-been-a-true-mentor-its-tin_242002.jpg) > [“Sometimes, what people choose to write down on paper is more important than what they say." Caleb didn't know what Sarah meant.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-maclachlan/sometimes-what-people-choose-to-write-down-on-paper-is-more-important/) [Patricia MacLachlan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-maclachlan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cad/patricia-maclachlan-14887_every-night_sometimes-what-people-choose-to-write-do_2583420.jpg) > [“Life is amazingly simplified,” she wrote in her journal, “now that the recalcitrant forsythia has at last decided to come and blurt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-winder/life-is-amazingly-simplified-she-wrote-in-her-journal-now-that-the/) [Elizabeth Winder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-winder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b2/elizabeth-winder-17023_flower_life-is-amazingly-simplified-she-wrote-i_340093.jpg) > [“I wrote in my journal about how good I felt when I was not living under Ed’s control. Then, when I really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenni-schaefer/i-wrote-in-my-journal-about-how-good-i-felt-when-i-was-not-living/) [Jenni Schaefer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenni-schaefer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c5/jenni-schaefer-22271_eating-disorder_i-wrote-in-my-journal-about-how-good-i-f_1556736.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wrote-journal/#itemlist", "name": "Wrote Journal Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I wrote songs when I was little, and I wrote a journal, but I don't think I knew how to let that truth come out yet.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Juliette Lewis" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juliette-lewis/i-wrote-songs-when-i-was-little-and-i-wrote-a-journal-but-i-don-t/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e3/juliette-lewis-2857_come_i-wrote-songs-when-i-was-little-and-i-wr_999800.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e3/juliette-lewis-2857_come_i-wrote-songs-when-i-was-little-and-i-wr_999800.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e3/juliette-lewis-2857_come_i-wrote-songs-when-i-was-little-and-i-wr_999800.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I wrote songs when I was little, and I wrote a journal, but I don't think I knew how to let that truth come…” — Juliette Lewis", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think early on I avoided singing because it was so personal and I didn't know how to sit in that intimacy. 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