Another Quote by Zadie Smith

To write is to inform against others.

— Violette Leduc

If you wish to write, write.

— Epictetus

There's a great freedom in writing by yourself. You can write anything you want.

— Walter Becker

Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.

— Cyril Connolly

I write to please myself—of course, that is a given. But beyond this reach for pleasure, I know that I write for my countrymen,…

— F. Sionil José

I have a day job where I make money and satisfy my self-esteem. Writing is for fun, and I want to keep it that…

— Ravi Subramanian

I write a lot too, so I would like to write or direct in the future if I can.

— Alexis Bledel

You just have to keep getting out of your own way so that whatever it is that wants to be written can use you…

— Anne Lamott

I just want to be a free writer. I think I am serving my country and my people by providing an independent narrative.

— Jamal Khashoggi

I want to write and direct and kind of do my own thing.

— Jessica Williams

I love to write and I assure you I write regularly... But I write for myself, for my own pleasure. And I want to…

— J. D. Salinger

Writing is simply something you must do. It's rather like virtue in that it is its own reward.

— Harper Lee