diff --git a/marshal.go b/marshal.go
index db5a7b4..737cc7d 100644
--- a/marshal.go
+++ b/marshal.go
@@ -522,7 +522,8 @@ func (e *Encoder) valueToToml(mtype reflect.Type, mval reflect.Value) (interface
 		case isCustomMarshaler(mtype):
 			return callCustomMarshaler(mval)
 		case isTextMarshaler(mtype):
-			return callTextMarshaler(mval)
+			b, err := callTextMarshaler(mval)
+			return string(b), err
 		default:
 			return e.valueToToml(mtype.Elem(), mval.Elem())
 		}
@@ -534,7 +535,8 @@ func (e *Encoder) valueToToml(mtype reflect.Type, mval reflect.Value) (interface
 	case isCustomMarshaler(mtype):
 		return callCustomMarshaler(mval)
 	case isTextMarshaler(mtype):
-		return callTextMarshaler(mval)
+		b, err := callTextMarshaler(mval)
+		return string(b), err
 	case isTree(mtype):
 		return e.valueToTree(mtype, mval)
 	case isOtherSequence(mtype), isCustomMarshalerSequence(mtype), isTextMarshalerSequence(mtype):
diff --git a/marshal_test.go b/marshal_test.go
index c5a440d..061c490 100644
--- a/marshal_test.go
+++ b/marshal_test.go
@@ -979,6 +979,40 @@ func TestCustomMarshaler(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+type IntOrString string
+
+func (x *IntOrString) MarshalTOML() ([]byte, error) {
+	s := *(*string)(x)
+	_, err := strconv.Atoi(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`"%s"`, s)), nil
+	}
+	return []byte(s), nil
+}
+
+func TestNestedCustomMarshaler(t *testing.T) {
+	num := IntOrString("100")
+	str := IntOrString("hello")
+	var parent = struct {
+		IntField    *IntOrString `toml:"int"`
+		StringField *IntOrString `toml:"string"`
+	}{
+		&num,
+		&str,
+	}
+
+	result, err := Marshal(parent)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	expected := `int = 100
+string = "hello"
+`
+	if !bytes.Equal(result, []byte(expected)) {
+		t.Errorf("Bad nested text marshaler: expected\n-----\n%s\n-----\ngot\n-----\n%s\n-----\n", expected, result)
+	}
+}
+
 type textMarshaler struct {
 	FirstName string
 	LastName  string
@@ -1079,7 +1113,7 @@ type customPointerMarshaler struct {
 }
 
 func (m *customPointerMarshaler) MarshalTOML() ([]byte, error) {
-	return []byte("hidden"), nil
+	return []byte(`"hidden"`), nil
 }
 
 type textPointerMarshaler struct {
diff --git a/tomltree_write.go b/tomltree_write.go
index 2d6487e..ae6dac4 100644
--- a/tomltree_write.go
+++ b/tomltree_write.go
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func tomlValueStringRepresentation(v interface{}, commented string, indent strin
 		return "\"" + encodeTomlString(value) + "\"", nil
 	case []byte:
 		b, _ := v.([]byte)
-		return tomlValueStringRepresentation(string(b), commented, indent, ord, arraysOneElementPerLine)
+		return string(b), nil
 	case bool:
 		if value {
 			return "true", nil