Ifs Quote by W. H. Auden

“I write because I have to write; but I also write because there’s somebody out there, hopefully, who will read it.”

— Harley King

A writer, or at least a poet, is always being asked by people who should know better: “Whom do you write for?” The question…

— Anonymous

I write for myself - but it is nice when other people like it, too!

— N. K. Jemisin

To know whom to write for is to know how to write.

— Virginia Woolf

“...I think one shouldn't pussyfoot, and just say that you write the stuff that you would like to read. So you write for yourself,…

— Martin Amis

I believe that basically you write for two people; yourself to try to make it absolutely perfect; or if not that then wonderful. Then…

— Ernest Hemingway

“Writing to me is a way to get your feelings and ideas out. It is something everybody is capable of.”

— Katherine Powers

I am a very personal writer. I write direct to the reader. I don't hold back.

— Ruskin Bond

“If you are writing and no-one reads it, are you a writer, or you just writing?”

— Matt Drabble

“Want to read me, let me write.”

— P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

People write to me all the time, and I write back.

— Lisa See

“Keep in mind that the only person to write for is yourself.Tell the story you most desperately want to read.”

— Susan Issacs