I don't write for an auditorium full of people. I don't write for the microphone; I write for the page. Billy Collins auditoriumfullmicrophone Change image and share on social
I don't write for any group. I write to bring about a change in consciousness. Jeanette Winterson bringchangeconsciousness Change image and share on social
I don't write for any particular kind of person. Mary Wesley kindpersonwrite Change image and share on social
I don't write for children. I write and someone says it's for children. Maurice Sendak childwrite Change image and share on social
I don't write for publishers, certainly not for critics, and not for readers, But I am delighted that so many people have found my books enjoyable and want to continue to read them. Jean M. Auel bookcontinuecritic Change image and share on social
I don't write for theme, but if you work closely on some guy fixing a sandwich or a window or a table or trying to visit an old teacher or walking down the street on which he was a boy, a theme, a human hope, will emerge. Ron Carlson boycloselyemerge share on social
I don't write from dreams because I don't remember mine, but I had a fragment of an image left about twins, whose father was telling them how their lives were going to go for the next eight years. I wrote a scene about that, and then another and then another and then another, and after five months I had 732 pages. Tamora Pierce dreamfatherfragment share on social
I don't write genre stuff in any form. I'm not interested in it. I always try to do the opposite of that. Charlie Kaufman formgenreinterest Change image and share on social
I don't write happy songs. Who does? I don't know anybody who writes happy songs, really. Nick Cave happysongwrite Change image and share on social
I don't write historical novels but novels that wonder, 'And what if it happened in this way and not in this other one?' Alvaro Enrigue happenhistoricalnovel Change image and share on social