The pool appears to have been full, but in literary matters the jury is out for a great deal longer than writers might wish.

The writer wishes to display himself or herself to the world?

The writer wishes to do no more than add to our knowledge of the social world, simply for the sake of knowing.

A factor in the equation is that writers wish the great men they write about to die of syphilis.

There is no need to sign the letters if the writer does not wish to do so.

These two writers describe a world at risk and wish it were otherwise.

Every message sent to my office gets an instant response asking if the writer wishes his or her name to be withheld.

It's what all writers wish to uncover when writing about themselves in this age of the personal memoir.

This is very useful when a writer wishes to put his paragraphs in a different order, for example.

Many artists, writers, and intellectuals also wish to be involved.