Art Quote by Anthony Doerr

As a writer, it's disheartening to write books that you pour your soul into and not have them distributed widely enough to find their…

— Sylvia Day

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

— William Landay

Writing is such a strangely and radically private act, and yet its purpose is this great sense of connection and community. I mean, I…

— Cheryl Strayed

You want an audience. If you didn't, you wouldn't be a writer. The biggest motivation to write is the knowledge that someone will read…

— Andy Weir

An artist should write for himself & not for an audience. If the audience likes it, great. If not, they can keep away.

— Artie Shaw

I do not enjoy the promotional side of being a writer, to be blunt about it. Even with the little amount that is expected…

— Rachel Kushner

I've learned that writing a book and songwriting have a lot in common - it's all about the honesty and connection with the audience.

— Jimmie Allen

From an artist's point of view, I always want to work with the writers I admire.

— Jim Lee

I don't write for an audience, I don't think whether my book will sell, I don't sell it before I finish writing it.

— Ann Patchett

Writers are egotists. All artists are. They can’t be altruists and get their work done. And writers love to whine about the Solitude of…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Actually, I love trying to figure out why certain books become hits while others, which may be just as good, have trouble finding an…

— Jay Asher

For so long I didn't have any kind of readership at all - I'd get published, but not read - the idea of writing…

— Geoff Dyer