Peers Quote by Janis Ian

In writing I found something I could do at least as well as my peers, if not better.

— Brian P. Cleary

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

I write about what interests me. It's very dangerous when you try to satisfy an audience.

— Jonathan Carroll

It's my experience that people write better when they feel at ease and free to experiment, rather than being in a competitive, hypercritical atmosphere.…

— Elaine Equi

I don't hold onto anything, because it's a waste of energy to do so, really. There's nothing that I can do about the way…

— PJ Harvey

I write what I like. I don't bother what people think about it.

— Virender Sehwag

Always I try to write about people. People are interested in other people always.

— Homer Hickam

Part of what I love so much about writing is learning about people who are unlike myself and going to places in my writing…

— Nia DaCosta

Writing is a fine thing, because it combines the two pleasures of talking to yourself and talking to a crowd.

— Cesare Pavese

Everything I write is based on something I've personally experienced, or things that my friends have experienced that I just find horribly entertaining.

— Kesha

Write for yourself, not for a perceived audience. If you do, you'll mostly fall flat on your face, because it's impossible to judge what…

— Wilbur Smith

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