Believe Quote by Buchi Emecheta

My purpose as a writer is to communicate in such a way as to challenge the thinking of readers and touch their hearts.

— Randy Alcorn

To write, I think it is very important to read. The more you read, the more you know the techniques of writing.

— Sudha Murty

Your audience is one single reader. I have found that sometimes it helps to pick out one person-a real person you know, or an…

— John Steinbeck

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

In my opinion, understanding who your target audience is, and what they want, and writing to them (and only them!) is the most important…

— John Locke

I just have to be able to follow and enjoy the writer's voice and the writer's point of view. Liking what the person has…

— Wesley Morris

In my position you have to read when you want to write and to talk when you would like to read.

— Catherine the Great

Writing is a fine thing, because it combines the two pleasures of talking to yourself and talking to a crowd.

— Cesare Pavese

I really do enjoy getting out to meet my readers. Writing is such a solitary business, it's gratifying to thank folks in person and…

— Christie Golden

I don't have an audience in mind when I write. I'm writing mainly for myself. After a long devotion to playwriting I have a…

— Tennessee Williams

I focus on characters as individuals with attitudes and write each scene from a particular character's point of view. That way, even narrative passages…

— Elmore Leonard

By and large, the critics and readers gave me an affirmed sense of my identity as a writer. You might know this within yourself,…

— Ralph Ellison