Aloof Quote by J. D. Salinger

There is a marvelous peace in not publishing ... I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and…

— Anonymous

I don't necessarily intend to publish posthumously, but I do like to write for myself.

— J. D. Salinger

There's a marvelous peace in not publishing, there's a stillness. When you publish, the world thinks you owe something. If you don't publish, they…

— Anonymous

For a while I never show anybody what I'm writing, and during that time I need the feeling that publishing is only an option.…

— Daniel Kehlmann

There is a marvelous peace in not publishing. It's peaceful. Still. Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy.

— J. D. Salinger

I've been writing my entire life, and I'll always write. But at times I have told myself that I don't necessarily have to publish…

— J. K. Rowling

I think that writing and publishing are different. I think I will always write; I might not always publish. The idea of not publishing…

— Kate Zambreno

If you do not seek to publish what you have written, then you are not a writer and you never will be.

— Anonymous

When you publish something, it is very much as if you pulled your pants down in public. If what you have written is good,…

— Edna St. Vincent Millay

As publishing has become less expensive, the urge to write my own self has become the opportunity to publish my own self. Everyone now…

— Gabriel Zaid

All major publishing houses have these big fat biographies sitting there, waiting for people to die. All you have to do is slap on…

— Chuck Palahniuk

I write pretty much every day, but I don't have any desire to publish anything.

— Winona Ryder