Communication Quote by Thomas B. Macaulay

What's the point in being an unpopular writer? It just doesn't make a lot of sense. For me it doesn't, anyway.

— Bryce Courtenay

Opinions scattered indiscriminately about leave the mark of egotism.

— William Strunk, Jr

Holding your honest opinion high is not 'egotism.'

— DrAnil Kr Sinha

Writers have opinions - that, in part, is why they write. Therefore they have strong likes and dislikes.

— Frank Delaney

If writers possess a common temperament, it's that they tend to be shy egomaniacs; publicity is the spotlight they suffer for the recognition they…

— Gail Caldwell

I think that most of us would prefer to be popular than unpopular.

— Desmond Tutu

I know how easy it is for some minds to glide along with the current of popular opinion, where influence, respectability, and all those…

— Benjamin F. Wade

Every discussion which is made from an egoistic standpoint is corrupted from the start and cannot yield an absolutely sure conclusion. The ego puts…

— Paul Brunton

There is a root arrogance in any writer; a hugely arrogant assumption that anyone is going to listen to them.

— Bono

Sheer egoism... Writers share this characteristic with scientists, artists, politicians, lawyers, soldiers, successful businessmen - in short, with the whole top crust of humanity.

— George Orwell

Egotism is the birth of ignorance.

— Jeremy Limn

If anyone asks me whether I like being a popular writer, I ask them whether they think I'd rather be an unpopular writer.

— Barbara Taylor Bradford