"as the writer notes" is an acceptable phrase.
You can use it when you want to draw attention to something the writer has already said in your own piece of writing. For example, "The story's main character is revealed to be a liar, as the writer notes, and this provides a moral lesson for readers."
"It reminds us that grief and loss affect us so deeply because we chose to connect with someone just as deeply," the writer notes.
Built "for war as well as worship," the writer noted, the Mont "seems to float on the sea as gracefully as a ship under full sail, catching all the changing colors of the clouds".
As the writers note, the House would have to seat "5,000 if we match the ratio the founders awarded themselves".
As the writers note, there will always be some political inequality: There have always been, and there always will be, citizens whose oratorical prowess, social stature and even physical appearance allow them to wield a greater influence on public opinion than their peers.
As the writer Bill Berkson notes in a graceful essay for the show, these drawings fall on either side of the drip paintings of the late 1940's.
As the writer Dermot McEvoy notes, Ryan has "the so sincere, so phony air of a gloomy Irish undertaker standing outside the funeral parlor where you've come to plant your mother, shaking his head consolingly and giving you that firm two-handed Irish handshake".
As the Buzzfeed staff writer notes, "This is the perfect idea for someone who likes to pretend that they read".
As the Buzzfeed staff writer notes, "This is the perfect idea for someone who likes to pretend that they read". The situation is made even more barbaric by Conrad's choice of books, which include the beloved A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket (i.e. Daniel Handler).
As the writer Peter Hum noted in his summary report on the drama, Iyer's direct response to Rosenwinkel was classy.
