Audience Quote by Dawn Lundy Martin

I wrote for so many years in a bubble, the way everyone does, and there were large swaths of time where you think you're…

— Patrick deWitt

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

We're always observing, and we're cautious people. We really want attention, but at the same time, we're ashamed of wanting attention. All those bizarre…

— Min Jin Lee

I hardly ever think about audience. I just try to tell a story for me. I write the kind of story I would like…

— Brent Runyon

Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of themselves to the book, then they'll only see their…

— Ben Okri

I don't perceive an audience at all when I write a book. It's pure self-indulgence.

— Irvine Welsh

Like most writers, I read constantly. I used to hide in remote parts of the yard and house so I could read in peace.

— Elin Hilderbrand

A good reader is nearly as rare as a good writer. People bring their prejudices, whether friendly or adverse. They are lamp and spectacles,…

— Robert Aris Willmott

Some readers allow their prejudices to blind them. A good reader knows how to disregard inappropriate responses.

— Anonymous

I try not to picture a reader when I'm writing. It's like trying to make a great table but not picturing anybody sitting at…

— Sadie Jones

I write for an audience that likes what I like, reads what I read, thinks about the things I think about. In many ways,…

— Eric Bogosian

It's possible I'm a weird person, you know, and if I could only write for people who are like me, I wouldn't have any…

— Greg van Eekhout