Audience Quote by Malcolm Gladwell

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

— William S. Burroughs

The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating…

— Bill Watterson

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

— Cesare Pavese

I think writing is really a process of communication. . . . It's the sense of being in contact with people who are part…

— Sherley Anne Williams

Writing is a way to shape out visible and invisible, in myself as well as in the world.

— Eppu Nuotio

“Clear writing is a sign of clear thinking. Great writers know how to communicate. They make things easy to understand.”

— Jason Fried

What I'm constantly striving for in my prose is clarity. So that, ideally, the writing will become so transparent that the reader will forget…

— Jonathan Lethem

Good writing can be defined as having something to say and saying it well. When one has nothing to say, one should remain silent.…

— Edward Abbey

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

Whatever I'm doing, I try to write well. I try to give the reader a nice, clean well-written surface, where the writing is transparent.…

— Shelby Steele

Writing shouldn't come between the reader and what's being described. It should be as transparent as possible.

— Diana Athill

Writing about writing is a bit like talking about a conversation you are having; it tends to obscure desperation about where the next word…

— Renata Adler