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“For me, I think it was a little easier to write thinking that nobody was listening.”

— Dan Kennedy

“I should not like my writing to spare other people the trouble of thinking. But, if possible, to stimulate someone to thoughts of his…

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

“not about what other people think, will think, or might think.”

— E.N. Joy

“It is not a bad idea to get into the habbit of writing one's thoughts. It saves one having to bother anyone else with…

— Isabel Colegate

“… it would even be inexact to say that I thought of those who read it as readers of my book. Because they were…

— Marcel Proust

“Some people think about writing, I write.”

— Starr Gardinier Reina

“When you read, don't consider only what the author thinks, but take time to consider what you think.”

— N.H. Kleinbaum

“I write for myself first and foremost, but I hope that others will enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.”

— Shannon DuBey

“I always tried to write a story in such a manner that I wouldn't mind buying it myself.”

— Carl Barks

“I don't think he ever gave a thought to other people's opinions, which was just as well because they were often unkind”

— James Herriot

“I write things that I would like to read myself.”

— T.M. Bilderback

“Imagine the story you would most want to read, and then shamelessly write it.”

— J.D. Salinger