Audience Quote by Sarnath Banerjee

Writing is such a strangely and radically private act, and yet its purpose is this great sense of connection and community. I mean, I…

— Cheryl Strayed

The whole purpose of writing a book is to be understood - if other people write about you, they try to guess why you…

— Berry Gordy

Readers want a good book; it's a writer's job to give it to them.

— Sylvia Day

For such a long time, when you're a writer, you really are just writing for yourself, and maybe a few friends. So it's really…

— Cassandra Clare

People forget that writers start off being readers. We all love it when we find a terrific read, and we want to let people…

— Karin Slaughter

When I write a book, I write a book for myself; the reaction is up to the reader. It's not my business whether people…

— Paulo Coelho

Write what you care about and understand. Writers should never try to outguess the marketplace in search of a salable idea; the simple truth…

— Richard North Patterson

Any writer who gives a reader a pleasurable experience is doing every other writer a favor because it will make the reader want to…

— S. E. Hinton

You know, it's a funny thing about writers. Most people don't stop to think of books being written by people much like themselves. They…

— Cornelia Funke

I'd like to emphasize that when a reader finishes a great novel, he will immediately begin looking for another. If someone loves your book,…

— David Farland

As a writer, it's disheartening to write books that you pour your soul into and not have them distributed widely enough to find their…

— Sylvia Day

And the truth is that if a writer is successful, you gain readers. It benefits all the writers. It's important for all the writers…

— Isabel Allende