Art Quote by Willa Cather

I believe that, in an ideal world, writers would feel free to write what matters to them without having to consider success, failure, the…

— Claire Messud

I've always had standards about writing well. There is art in this business. There is potentially great art.

— Gay Talese

Write what you need to write, not what is currently popular or what you think will sell.

— Anonymous

Writers in a profit making economy are an exploitable commodity whose works are products to be marketed, and are so judged and handled.

— Tillie Olsen

To create a market for your writing you have to be consistent, professional, a continuing writer - not just a one-article or a one-story…

— Langston Hughes

I feel that if you made your writing too contrived to meet the market, it wouldn't be any good.

— Cathy Marie Buchanan

A writer can't afford to just focus on writing and leave marketing aside in today's competitive market.

— Amish Tripathi

By the sheer act of writing, we are trying to place value on the stories that we're invested in.

— Lynn Nottage

“The hard fact is that writing is available to readers because of market factors as much as particular writing talent.”

— Sara Sheridan

“All good writing is persuasive writing; persuading the reader to buy what you're selling, to side with you, to believe the tales you tell.”

— Ramsey Isler

Writing is about culture and should be about everything. That's what makes it what it is.

— Irvine Welsh

I am glad to have found a readership, but one can’t write only what is likely to sell. A writer is not a shopkeeper.…

— Tahar Ben Jelloun