Exclusive Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

I have never written for an audience. On the other hand I do not write merely to please myself.

— Patrick O'Brian

You have to be compelled to write. If you’re not, nothing else that you do matters.

— Rick Riordan

I'm not committed as a writer, in the usual sense of the term, either religiously or politically. And I'm not conscious of any particular…

— Harold Pinter

I write 100% of my material by myself. That's really important to me because I don't want what I'm trying to say to be…

— Jade Bird

If I feel compelled or feel that I really need to say something at a certain time, I'll say it. But more do than…

— Clint Dempsey

I write because something inner and unconscious forces me to. That is the first compulsion. The second is one of ethical and moral duty.…

— David Guterson

I write because the act of writing itself is what drives me. It's a private communication within myself - nothing more or less. This…

— Michael Hersch

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 like to have something that makes me want to write. Otherwise, I'm just writing for the sake of it. I feel like if…

— Slowthai

I write to express my thoughts, my feelings. I want people to think.

— Mattie Stepanek

To write is to make oneself the echo of what cannot cease speaking - and since it cannot, in order to become its echo…

— Maurice Blanchot

I write because I need to share my thoughts with the audience.

— Paulo Coelho