Issues Quote by Suzanne Vega

Writing is always personal in some way but not always in a direct way.

— Suzanne Vega

However, please allow me to say that the fundamental style of my writing has been to start from my personal matters and then to…

— Kenzaburo Oe

I don't write particularly to effect social change. I believe writing can do that, but that's not why I write.

— August Wilson

I dont write particularly to effect social change. I believe writing can do that, but thats not why I write.

— August Wilson

I cannot say that I write with any social objective. One writes because one loves writing, really.

— Tom Stoppard

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

— William S. Burroughs

When you write, no matter what, it ends up personal.

— Sean Durkin

I write all the time. Some of them are very personalized things. Some of them are sarcastic looks at life.

— Bill Ward

To call someone like me a writer-activist suggests that it's not the job of a writer to write about the society in which they…

— Arundhati Roy

A lot of what I write is very personal.

— Elif Batuman

For the kind of places I've written for and the kind of writing that I've done, the general way to think about your audience…

— Louis Menand

Everything I've written is personal - it's the only way I know how to write.

— Charlie Kaufman