Identity Quote by Cyril Connolly

I do not write for the public. You are my public and I hope to convert you.

— Gerard Manley Hopkins

For me, writing isn't a way of being public or private; it's just a way of being. The process is always full of pain,…

— Jamaica Kincaid

I say it's easier to write for other people than write for myself.

— PartyNextDoor

For me, writing isn't a way of being public or private; it's just a way of being. The process is always full of pain,…

— Jamaica Kincaid

I like to think that I'm one of the few people in public life who write their own material. I write every word. And…

— Ed Koch

Writing for other people is easier than writing for myself - it's not as personal.

— Mark Foster

There's the public self that we present to the outer world. There's the private self, which maybe takes more time to access. But ultimately,…

— Laura van den Berg

As publishing has become less expensive, the urge to write my own self has become the opportunity to publish my own self. Everyone now…

— Gabriel Zaid

I write because the act of writing itself is what drives me. It's a private communication within myself - nothing more or less. This…

— Michael Hersch

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

— M.F.Moonzajer

If you write for yourself, you'll reach all the people you want to write for.

— William Zinsser

Every writer aspires to recognition , and it comes entirely privately, without public fanfare, each time a piece of work is judged worthy of publication.

— Cynthia Ozick