Audience Quote by William S. Burroughs

I don't write for an audience. I write for myself. And if I imagine an audience at all, it's the characters, but I know…

— Ursula Hegi

I don't ever write with a particular audience in mind. I just write books that please me.

— William Landay

I think all writers are mainly writing for themselves because I believe that most writers are writing based on a need to write. But…

— Amy Bloom

In truth, I never consider the audience for whom I'm writing. I just write what I want to write.

— J. K. Rowling

You want an audience. If you didn't, you wouldn't be a writer. The biggest motivation to write is the knowledge that someone will read…

— Andy Weir

I don't write because there's an audience. I write because there is literature.

— Susan Sontag

I'm not a writer who thinks about writing only for themselves; I do always have a reader in mind.

— Emma Healey

I have never written for an audience. On the other hand I do not write merely to please myself.

— Patrick O'Brian

I don't really consider myself a writer, but I am writing so I guess I'm a writer.

— Meital Dohan

Writing is one of the few professions left where you take all the responsibility for what you do. It's really dangerous and ultimately destroys…

— Erica Jong

Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer. There are people who write, but I think…

— Harper Lee

There are many people who say, 'I write for myself.' I think that if you write and publish, then you write for your readers,…

— Angeles Mastretta