I write for my people.

I don't write about good and evil with this enormous dichotomy. I write about people. I write about people doing the kinds of things…

— Octavia E. Butler

I write human stories. I write about people. Not as a product of their environment. But from the stance that everybody is made of…

— Cecelia Ahern

What is important to me is that when I write something, people listen to me. I provide my wisdom to people, whether they agree…

— Nouriel Roubini

I don't write for a particular audience. I work as an artist, and I think the audience of one, which is the self, and…

— August Wilson

I write about presidents. That means I write about guys - so far. I'm interested in the people closest to them, the people they…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't pay any…

— Lou Reed

Recently a study proved that working from a larger, less cluttered computer screen increases concentration. I could have told them that. And yes, I…

— Stacy Schiff

I'm interested in the eternal soul. That's what I write about.

— Luis Alberto Urrea

Some people don't like my songs because they think they're too simple or easy or not that thought-out. I feel like the way I…

— Langhorne Slim

I never had a highfalutin' view of what I write.

— Clive Cussler

I write the way you might arrange flowers. Not every try works, but each one launches another. Every constraint, even dullness, frees up a…

— Richard Powers

Everything I write is highly personal, but put in such a way that it's not dropping everything in someone's lap. Although sometimes I think…

— Jane Siberry

If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.'

— Lydia Lunch

Don't try to write what other people are writing - write what is true to you.

— Richard Paul Evans

There are so many fun things that you live that you can write about and people of all ages can connect to.

— Maren Morris