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It's not my job to tell people what to think. If I can actually in some way help the readers' own creative thinking, then that's got to be to everybody's benefit.

— Alan Moore

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✓Similar Perspectives

My goal is to invite readers to think along with me and draw their own conclusions.

— Meghan Daum

Well, it's a humor strip, so my first responsibility has always been to entertain the reader... But if, in addition, I can help move readers to thought and judgment about issues that concern me, so much the better.

— Garry Trudeau

I think that if you write what you love to read, that will be what your audience wants to read, too.

— Sarah Mlynowski

When I'm writing a book, you can't think about your audience. You're going to be in big trouble if you think about it. You're got to write from deep inside.

— Judy Blume

I am the kind of writer that people think other people are reading.

— V. S. Naipaul

I'm the kind of writer that people think other people are reading.

— V. S. Naipaul

I get suggestions all the time. People feel quite free at events or even on the street to tell me what they think I should be writing. What I've learned, though, is that this thing, this connection, has to be in place for me to be able to kind of launch into a world imaginatively.

— Paula McLain

If you start trying to communicate ideas, I think you don't allow the audience to see themselves.

— Oscar Isaac

✗Opposing Perspectives

My purpose as a writer is to communicate in such a way as to challenge the thinking of readers and touch their hearts.

— Randy Alcorn

You have to keep your audience in your mind; if you're writing stuff that you know nobody's going to care about then you should rethink what you're doing!

— Paullina Simons