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“For such a long time, when you're a writer, you really are just writing for yourself, and maybe a few friends. So it's really amazing when your book gets out there and more people are reading and responding to it. It really makes the world of the books feel real.”

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Author:Cassandra Clare

“Books are great for if you want to work on the craft of writing for yourself, or, you know, to write novels or indie films, stuff like that.”

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Author:Thomas Lennon

“I think you become a writer when you stop writing for yourself or your teachers and start thinking about readers.”

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Author:Avi

“I think all writers write for an audience. There is no such thing as writing for yourself.”

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Author:William S. Burroughs

“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.”

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

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Author:Cyril Connolly

“Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do...Try to be better than yourself.”

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Author:John Steinbeck

“I learned the enormous power of writing for yourself, especially now that people seem to be receptive to the fact that women can write.”

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Author:Maya Rudolph

“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”

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Author:e. e. cummings

“Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.”

“Being willing is not enough. We must do.”

“I've quit writing screenplay [adaptations]. It's too much work. I don't look at writing a novel as work, because I only have to please myself. I have a good time sitting here by myself, thinking up situations and characters, getting them to talk - it's so satisfying. But screenwriting's different. You might think you're writing for yourself, but there are too many other people to please.”