Apathy Quote by F. Sionil José

Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.

— Iris Chang

I write to please myself.

— Jim Goad

I love to write and I assure you I write regularly... But I write for myself, for my own pleasure. And I want to…

— J. D. Salinger

At the time of writing, I don't write for my friends or myself either; I write for it, for the pleasure of it.

— Eudora Welty

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

I write for myself, and I write for my friends and people who I have a connection with. I try to give some dignity…

— Cass McCombs

I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and my own pleasure.

— J. D. Salinger

Write to Please Yourself. When You write to Please Others You end up Pleasing No one.

— Benjamin Franklin

I'm not writing for myself. I'm writing as an educator, I'm writing to stimulate others.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“I write so others might contemplate things out of the ordinary. I write to make people feel—to cause laughter and tears, to cause anger…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“I write so others might contemplate things that are out of the ordinary. I write to make people feel—to cause laughter and tears and…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person; I'm not even really aware of writing for myself.

— Tanith Lee