Write something to suit yourself and many people will like…

Write Something To Suit Yourself, Many People Will Like It… And Write Something To Suit Everybody, Scarcely Anyone Will Care For It.

— Pacifiersucker

“It’s like you put on this expensive tailored suit and everybody tells you how great you look in it, but it doesn’t fit quite…

— Political Animals

I have offices all over the place and I avoid work everywhere. I don't like to write - I like to be finished.

— Richard Price

I digress a lot - it's how I experience the world. I would like to write in a way that will convey that to…

— Claire Messud

I spend most of every day writing. I like to write every day if I can. I don't start extremely early.

— Jeffrey Eugenides

Everybody won’t like everything you write. Some people won’t like anything you write. Get over it.

— Susan Elizabeth Phillips

I write because I like to write. I find joy in the texture and tone and rhythm of words. It is a satisfaction like…

— John Steinbeck

That's what it feels like when I write, like I have this beautiful world in my head, but when I try to remember it…

— Ruth Ozeki

I write for myself - but it is nice when other people like it, too!

— N. K. Jemisin

I sort of always like to write starting with when I learned how.

— Daniel Pinkwater

I always had a gift with writing. I can really write. I always felt like I can write movies or somehow get into that.

— Dave East

I think in most cases, unless you're writing about a character who is garrulous, you say what you've got to say and then get…

— Randy Newman

People like me write because otherwise we are pretty inarticulate. Our articulation is our writing.

— William Trevor

I'm lucky enough to exist in 2018, where I have a record label that's like, 'Write whatever you want to write.' I don't have…

— Troye Sivan

I like to write first-person because I like to become the character I'm writing.

— Wally Lamb