Faithfulness Quote by Cyril Connolly

Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.

— Cyril Connolly

“Not all writing is political or revolutionary, but the very act of giving yourself permission to write, to speak, to share the truth no…

— Dinty W. Moore

“Writing without responsibility is like taking out your cloths in public and begging people to not look at you.”

— M.F.Moonzajer

“As long as one writes only for oneself, writing is a free act by means of which, to use an oxymoron, one secretly opens…

— Elena Ferrante

“My work is not a piece of writing designed to meet the needs of an immediate public, but was done to last for ever.”

— Thucydides

“A writer, an author or a poet does not write because of a public or herself. She lives by a great youth.”

— Petra Hermans

“You are an author, a public figure. You are going to be judged no matter what you write, so live your life in a…

— Sarah Gerdes

“A good opinion of ourselves is exceedingly necessary in private life, but absolutely necessary in public life, and of the utmost importance in supporting…

— Thomas Paine

“For the consequences of brave actions are only temporary, while whatever is committed to writing for public good is of lasting benefit.”

— Flavius Vegetius Renatus

“no one could ever push you to write or become a writer, except yourself.”

— Desi Puspitasari

“The best things about writing are the freedom to please yourself creatively, personal accomplishment and the journey of personal growth. The worst is that…

— Ron Houston

“Your private self must become the same as your public self.”

— John Kuypers