Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If I haven't any talent for writing books or newspaper articles, well, then I can always write for myself.
One of the things that probably drew me to writing was that it was something you could get on with by yourself. Publishing means going public. But the actual activity could scarcely be more invisible. And private.
One should never write down or up to people, but out of yourself.
I don't want to write an autobiography because I would become public property with no privacy left.
Writing is always personal in some way but not always in a direct way.
Writing on your own is, in a way, a very lonely profession. There's no one there to help you.
You need to write on your own and produce your own life.
Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.
For me, writing isn't a way of being public or private; it's just a way of being. The process is always full of pain, but I like that. It's a reality, and I just accept it as something not to be avoided.
It's way easier to write for other people. Yourself isn't in it. When you write for yourself, you overthink, and you become paranoid. When you write for others, it isn't about you.