Books Quote by Randy Alcorn

My primary motivation for writing is to communicate my perceptions and insights into the human condition, in a way that may provide understanding, comfort,…

— Vanna Bonta

My mission as a writer is to give my readers hope to carry with them, and to promote a belief that they can do…

— Wendelin Van Draanen

The connection that I have with my readers makes me very happy, and gives meaning to the strange profession of writing

— Isabel Allende

The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship between the reader and the author.

— Jerzy Kosinski

You write to suit some sense in yourself and trust that that will resonate with a certain wider readership.

— Anna Quindlen

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

— Paulo Coelho

Writing for me is a form of spiritual discipline and creative vision, a means of being in the world and giving one's love to…

— Aberjhani

The actual act of writing brings me such pleasure - to tell stories, to engage in cultural criticism, to reflect, to question, all of…

— Roxane Gay

We are all writers and readers as well as communicators with the need at times to please and satisfy ourselves with the clear and…

— Roger Angell

For me as a writer, it's so joyful to know that someone hears and responds to what I write.

— Elizabeth Berg

Writing for me is a dragnet that carries everything away with it: expressions and figures of speech, postures, feelings, thoughts, troubles. In short, the…

— Elena Ferrante

For me, as a writer, I desperately want to be read. I'm very conscious of readers as I'm writing. I think, 'If you write…

— Matt Haig