Quoting quotes

[Miss Mae]

As the saying goes, when there's a will, there's a way."

Both its writer and I am not sure if a quotation mark should be placed there!

[Mwita Chacha]

As the saying goes, when there's a will, there's a way."

Both its writer and I am not sure if a quotation mark should be placed there!
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''Both its writer and I are...'' or, for parallelism advantage, ''Both the writer and I are...''