Alive Quote by Ernest Hemingway

I believe that basically you write for two people; yourself to try to make it absolutely perfect; or if not that then wonderful. Then…

— Ernest Hemingway

Writing for me is a form of spiritual discipline and creative vision, a means of being in the world and giving one's love to…

— Aberjhani

It's so much easier to write for a person in your life than to write for some imagined readership, so you write something that's…

— Jonah Peretti

I think of myself as writing for one person, that one perfect reader who understands and loves.

— Anne Sexton

Writing is a way of sharing our humanity.

— William McIlvanney

Writing is an act of cherishing... It is an act of love.

— Julia Cameron

I think, for any writer, when you write, you just write.

— David Farr

Writers are a fascinating breed, because there are so many kinds of them, they are made by so many circumstances, conditions, and mysteries, and…

— William Saroyan

The only thing that works with writing is that you care so passionately about it yourself, that you make someone else care passionately about…

— Judy Blume

You write for two people, yourself and your audience, who are usually better educated and at least as smart.

— Tony Hillerman

“Writing - the act of one person giving a piece of their soul to another.”

— Anonymous

“Always write with passion; with your mind and with your heart. Never forget who you are writing for, but don’t write just to get…

— Monty Marsden