Audience Quote by Andy Weir

I don't write because there's an audience. I write because there is literature.

— Susan Sontag

In truth, I never consider the audience for whom I'm writing. I just write what I want to write.

— J. K. Rowling

I think all writers write for an audience. There is no such thing as writing for yourself.

— William S. Burroughs

I don't write for an audience. I write for myself. And if I imagine an audience at all, it's the characters, but I know…

— Ursula Hegi

I don't ever write with a particular audience in mind. I just write books that please me.

— William Landay

Write for yourself, not for a perceived audience. If you do, you'll mostly fall flat on your face, because it's impossible to judge what…

— Wilbur Smith

I wrote for so many years in a bubble, the way everyone does, and there were large swaths of time where you think you're…

— Patrick deWitt

I don't write with any audience in mind. I just write. I take a chance on the audience. That's what I did originally, and…

— Harold Pinter

You're always hoping you can attract a bigger audience, but at the same time, I'd hate to give up what I write. If I…

— Donald Ray Pollock

I don't really write for an audience. I just write what the subject seems to me to require.

— Garry Wills

I never have an intended audience. I just write, you know.

— Alice Walker

I write because I need to share my thoughts with the audience.

— Paulo Coelho