“No one writes anything worth writing, unless he writes entirely for the sake of his subject.”
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) German philosopher
Source: The Art of Literature
“There are, first of all, two kinds of authors: those who write for the subject’s sake, and those who write for writing’s sake. The first kind have had thoughts or experiences which seem to them worth communicating, while the second kind need money and consequently write for money.”
Essays, On Authorship and Style
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