Quote of the Day

"Writing itself is the aim, for it is writing, not publishing, that transforms individual human experience. To write, even in obscurity, is worthwhile. As Samuel Becket put it, writing is a way of leaving 'a stain upon the silence.' "

Read more: The Invisible Writers

Personally, I think it's hard to think of oneself as a writer without a reader -- at least one! But I agree that publication (whatever we mean by that these days) isn't strictly necessary.

(link via The Word Foundry)