Any Quote by Greg van Eekhout

I don't write for an audience. I write for myself. And if I imagine an audience at all, it's the characters, but I know…

— Ursula Hegi

I don't ever write with a particular audience in mind. I just write books that please me.

— William Landay

In truth, I never consider the audience for whom I'm writing. I just write what I want to write.

— J. K. Rowling

I think all writers write for an audience. There is no such thing as writing for yourself.

— William S. Burroughs

You want an audience. If you didn't, you wouldn't be a writer. The biggest motivation to write is the knowledge that someone will read…

— Andy Weir

I don't write with any audience in mind. I just write. I take a chance on the audience. That's what I did originally, and…

— Harold Pinter

I'm more influenced by my own interests than anyone else's. Writers have to entertain themselves, or they can't entertain anyone else

— Laurell K. Hamilton

I think about my audience when I write, to some extent. Thinking of writing for young adults, I try to keep the stories moving,…

— William Sleator

I have always written - since I was a kid. I might say that I am essentially a writer who is bored to be…

— Jasmila Zbanic

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

When I say that I can write nothing but weird fiction, I am not trying to exalt that medium but am merely confessing my…

— H. P. Lovecraft

I am shy and self-conscious and awkward, so I think that's why I became a writer.

— Michiko Kakutani