Attention Quote by Elfriede Jelinek

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

— Cyril Connolly

Once I get my writing done, then I can turn my attention elsewhere - and not the other way around. The writing has to…

— Brad Listi

I don't enjoy public attention. I don't like being recognised, being clicked, or being written about. But then it is destiny. I am just…

— Nithya Menen

I'm really not used to people paying attention to my writing.

— Christopher Priest

I'm a writer. I'm naturally introverted, so being the public face of something, I don't think I do it well.

— Kevin Kwan

I'm really grateful that I could write. But I don't even mind it going on around me.

— Carrie Fisher

You cannot give your full attention to something, and at the same time resist it.

— Eckhart Tolle

I don't enjoy attention as much as people may think I do.

— Tituss Burgess

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

— Gerard Manley Hopkins

I can't write. I can handle bits of simple-minded advert copy or a poster slogan, so answering questions is about all I'm good for.

— Charles Saatchi

In real life, I'm not the center of attention; I'm in the back, and I listen. So when it comes to writing, I just…

— Little Simz

You can write anytime people will leave you alone and not interrupt you.

— Ernest Hemingway