Can do Quote by Gertrude Stein

I am writing for myself and strangers. This is the only way that I can do it.

— Gertrude Stein

I write for myself and strangers. The strangers, dear Readers, are an afterthought.

— Gertrude Stein

I'm finding things out about myself as a person - as a writer - as I write, and so are the people who listen…

— John Darnielle

I write for myself - but it is nice when other people like it, too!

— N. K. Jemisin

When I write for myself, I just get to be myself.

— Bonnie McKee

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 cannot write to anyone outside myself--if I tried, it would be a horrible story, flat and lifeless. I write to myself. That's the…

— Shannon Hale

I seem to have a natural tendency to want to share my own observations and feelings with other people, and writing seems to be…

— Jerry Spinelli

I write for myself, first and foremost and I also write for people, mostly women, who just want to be seen and heard and…

— Roxane Gay

The only time I write with someone else is with one of my friends but I write everything myself.

— Sabrina Claudio

Now I write often. I decided that I need to write for myself - I can't really direct other people's material.

— Brady Corbet

I ultimately write for myself and the people I love.

— Hisham Matar