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title: "18 Wrote Novels Quotes by 18 authors"
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> [Trollope wrote so many novels and other works that they tend to crowd each other out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/trollope-wrote-so-many-novels-and-other-works-that-they-tend-to-crowd/)

[Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/)

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> [I wrote two novels about a yoga studio in Los Angeles published by Penguin under the pen name Rain Mitchell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-mccauley/i-wrote-two-novels-about-a-yoga-studio-in-los-angeles-published-by/)

[Stephen McCauley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-mccauley/)

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> [“I wonder if Dickens knew he was writing historical fiction when he wrote his many novels.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-kroft/i-wonder-if-dickens-knew-he-was-writing-historical-fiction-when-he/)

[Michael Kroft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-kroft/)

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> [I wrote about four novels before I wrote a word of journalism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/i-wrote-about-four-novels-before-i-wrote-a-word-of-journalism/)

[Francine Prose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-prose/)

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> [I wrote three novels in six months, with a clarity of focus and attention to detail that I had never before experienced.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayelet-waldman/i-wrote-three-novels-in-six-months-with-a-clarity-of-focus-and/)

[Ayelet Waldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayelet-waldman/)

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> [I had a series of terrible jobs, whatever would allow me to write for four hours during the day. During that time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-groff/i-had-a-series-of-terrible-jobs-whatever-would-allow-me-to-write-for/)

[Lauren Groff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-groff/)

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> [Nobody told me how hard it was going to be to get published. I wrote four novels that nobody wanted, sent them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-spinelli/nobody-told-me-how-hard-it-was-going-to-be-to-get-published-i-wrote/)

[Jerry Spinelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-spinelli/)

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> [I was writing all my childhood. And I wrote two novels when I was 17, which were terrible. And I'm not sorry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doris-lessing/i-was-writing-all-my-childhood-and-i-wrote-two-novels-when-i-was-17/)

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

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> [If I did only one thing at a time I'd think I was wasting my time. If, for example, I only wrote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ackroyd/if-i-did-only-one-thing-at-a-time-i-d-think-i-was-wasting-my-time-if/)

[Peter Ackroyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ackroyd/)

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> [My first novel, 'You Must be Sisters,' was started in Pakistan. I've wrote several novels and a TV drama set or partly-set…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-moggach/my-first-novel-you-must-be-sisters-was-started-in-pakistan-i-ve-wrote/)

[Deborah Moggach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-moggach/)

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> [Henry Miller wrote novels, but he calls his protagonist Henry, often Henry Miller, and his books are in this gray area between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-fiedler/henry-miller-wrote-novels-but-he-calls-his-protagonist-henry-often/)

[Leslie Fiedler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-fiedler/)

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> [I wrote four novels, but then I realized that the world didn't need me to be a novelist, but the world could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-quammen/i-wrote-four-novels-but-then-i-realized-that-the-world-didn-t-need-me/)

[David Quammen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-quammen/)

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> [“Superficially my war was a comfortable exercise in futility carried out in a grand Scottish hotel amongst the bridge players and swillers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-white/superficially-my-war-was-a-comfortable-exercise-in-futility-carried/)

[Patrick White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-white/)

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> [“Even when there were good wars to write about, writers such as Jane Austen wrote novels concerning marriage. They usually went like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-wilbur/even-when-there-were-good-wars-to-write-about-writers-such-as-jane/)

[Dan Wilbur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-wilbur/)

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> [I like the idea of the book being wiser than the person who wrote it. None of the novels I've written are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-bollen/i-like-the-idea-of-the-book-being-wiser-than-the-person-who-wrote-it/)

[Christopher Bollen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-bollen/)

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> [My grandmother passed away before I could get to know her. She had an interest in films and writing. She wrote two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richa-chadha/my-grandmother-passed-away-before-i-could-get-to-know-her-she-had-an/)

[Richa Chadha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richa-chadha/)

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> [I used to feel for years and years and years that I was very remiss not to have written a novel and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-munro/i-used-to-feel-for-years-and-years-and-years-that-i-was-very-remiss/)

[Alice Munro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-munro/)

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> [“I just wrote as much as I could for several pages. Every night I wrote her novels and every morning I mailed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-galloway/i-just-wrote-as-much-as-i-could-for-several-pages-every-night-i-wrote/)

[Noah Galloway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noah-galloway/)

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                        "text": "“I just wrote as much as I could for several pages. Every night I wrote her novels and every morning I mailed them to her. That was all well and good until I found out I’d addressed all of the envelopes incorrectly! I’d left out one digit of the zip code on every single letter I’d written. I was devastated. Even though I had put a return address on them, I was sure they were stuck in post office limbo. I had this realization the same day I got my first letter from Jamie. I ripped it open and read it through gripped fingers. She told me all about her first few days in basic training, and at the bottom she added the most heartbreaking line, “I wish you’d write me. I know you’re busy and I know you don’t like to write, but I wish you would.” I couldn’t believe it. She thought I hadn’t written at all. I called a buddy of mine who is now Command Sergeant Major Phil Blaisdell, a battalion sergeant major at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. “Phil, I’m in trouble. Man, I’ve been sending her letters and I was putting the wrong zip code on them and I got a letter from her and she thinks I’m not sending her letters and I know she needs that.” “All right, let me call you back.” A little while later my phone rang. “I’m Command Sergeant Major Duncan. I am the battalion sergeant major of Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. First of all, I’d like to tell you that I know who you are and I appreciate your service and what you’ve done. I’ve seen your Men’s Health issue and you are an inspiration. I understand you know a Specialist Boyd,” she said. “Yes, Sergeant Major, I do.” “Well, I’ve got her standing in front of me right now. Would you like to talk to her?” “Yes, Sergeant Major, I would.” So she handed the phone to Jamie. Jamie was a little stressed out because she had been called to the sergeant major’s office and thought, What have I done? The conversation was rushed and she was speaking in a hushed tone. “Hey, I miss you, I love you.” “Hey, me too, baby. Let me tell you real quick, I’ve been sending you letters—” “I got them all today. Thank you.” “I miss you, and I hope that you can tell.” “Look, I want to keep talking but they’re watching me.” “Okay, we’re good. Just wanted to make sure you got the letters. I love you and we’ll talk later.”",
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