And love Quote by Anne Sexton

I'm not a writer who thinks about writing only for themselves; I do always have a reader in mind.

— Emma Healey

I think of myself just as a writer.

— The-Dream

Writing is something that I've always loved. That stems from my love of being a reader.

— Jen Lancaster

I ultimately write for myself and the people I love.

— Hisham Matar

I love writing. I like reading, other people, not myself.

— James Lipton

There are many people who say, 'I write for myself.' I think that if you write and publish, then you write for your readers,…

— Angeles Mastretta

For me, as a writer, I desperately want to be read. I'm very conscious of readers as I'm writing. I think, 'If you write…

— Matt Haig

When I write, I enjoy myself so much that what is being written really needs no reader

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and my own pleasure.

— J. D. Salinger

i believe that basically you write for two people; yourself to try and make it absolutely perfect; or if not that then wonderful. then…

— Ernest Hemingway

I just loved the idea of writing for different personalities all the time.

— David Droga

The connection that I have with my readers makes me very happy, and gives meaning to the strange profession of writing

— Isabel Allende