Audience Quote by Les Parrott

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

— William Landay

Books can change your life. Some of the most influential people in our lives are characters we meet in books.

— David McCullough

I've probably written some books - I know I've written some books that were more interesting to me than to a large audience, but…

— H. W. Brands

I don't write for an audience, I don't think whether my book will sell, I don't sell it before I finish writing it.

— Ann Patchett

After 20 years of writing in basically a vacuum, I love being part of a community. I've vetted other writers' contracts for them and…

— Jonathan Evison

I write because I want to end my loneliness. Books make people less alone. That, before and after everything else, is what books do.…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

The only time I was ever approached to write a book was when I was most famous.

— Justine Bateman

The importance and influence of books on me has been cumulative: the result of hearing and reading lots of stories about interesting people and…

— Louise Brown

I invite you, wholeheartedly, to read books that remind you of your highest self and emancipate you from mental slavery or false beliefs and…

— Carlos Santana

My life has been more influenced by books than by any other one thing.

— Diana Vreeland

Sometimes a book influences me because it winds me up. There'll be something that gets under my skin and makes me think that I…

— Irvine Welsh

The biggest influence on my books was the fact that I had worked in a newspaper for so long. In a daily paper, you…

— Maeve Binchy