Writer Quotes · Page 579

I read every biography [of Jackie Kennedy] I could get my hands on.

— Natalie Portman

“That was one thing about books: once you read them they couldn’t be unread.”

— Lev Grossman

To be a writer does not mean to preach a truth, it means to discover a truth.

— Milan Kundera

“No one with a book is ever alone, even in the darkest moments.”

— Rachel Caine

If it is a distinction to have written a good book, it is also a disgrace to have written a bad one.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

“An Author's work is never done, but it will be a fun ride trying to reach my destination.”

— Melaina Rayne

If I'm not passionate about it, I can't write it. I can't fake it.

— Eminem

A writer is defined by the language in which he writes, and I would stick to that definition.

— Joseph Brodsky

In a recent fire Bob Dole's library burned down. Both books were lost. And he hadn't even finished coloring one of them.

— Jack Kemp

My favorite sports novel is End Zone by Delillo. It's such a great looking book too, the black cover with the football…

— Chad Harbach

“There is something about just setting the pen to paper that lifts me and helps to focus my energy and thoughts.”

— Susan Elaine Jenkins

My mom would keep all kinds of materials in her classroom for children for reading. She kept comic books, newspapers, sports magazines,…

— Diana Gabaldon

I'm a rock climber, a high-altitude climber, an adventurer, a storyteller through my museums, and a writer of more than 50 books.

— Reinhold Messner

“You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little like you've lost a friend.”

— Anonymous

“Life is a Book. Make it a Great Ending. We all have flaws, so why would life be flawless. Progress to Success!!”

— Ki Allen

“I wish I had a book with me, since clearly I have a lot of time on my hands. I always carry…

— Wendy Mass

The object we call a book is not the real book, but its potential, like a musical score or seed. It exists…

— Rebecca Solnit

“If a bloke gave you a hundred quid for a book you can bet your life it’s his way, but if all…

— Alan Marshall

I can walk into a bookshop and point out a number of books that I find very unattractive in what they say.…

— Salman Rushdie

Everything is possible for the writer. There isn’t anything anyone can tell you that you can’t do, and there is no such…

— Kyle Minor

I doubt if I shall ever have time to read the book again -- there are too many new ones coming out…

— Anonymous

But when you read a book, what you see are black squiggles on pulped wood or, increasingly, dark pixels on a pale…

— Mohsin Hamid

I think a diversity of expression can only be good, so I think the more that people write about their experience, use…

— Kevin Powers

“Why do I read? I just can't help myself. I read to learn and to grow, to laugh and to be motivated.…

— Gary Paulsen

There will always be non-readers, bad readers, lazy readers - there always were.

— Julian Barnes

The problem with life is, by the time you can read women like a book, your library card has expired.

— Milton Berle

The only rule I have found to have any validity in writing is not to bore yourself.

— John Mortimer

I go into my library and all history unrolls before me.

— Alexander Smith

I love to read, and I love to write. I love to read. You have no idea how many books I have.

— Mary Mouser

Ah, how good it is to be among people who are reading!

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“there’s a bigger social reward for being able to talk about books than for actually reading them.”

— William Deresiewicz

'One With You' was the hardest book I have ever written. I rewrote it three times.

— Sylvia Day

When I read, I want to be fully transported to another place. I want to feel things, smell things.

— Janet Fitch

“I'd rather read than relax. I'd rather keep the mind engaged.”

— Harlon Corben

“Writers don't sleep. Writers keep writing in their heads while they're dreaming.”

— Ksenia Anske

Not that many people, even contemporary writers, write about right now.

— Anna Deavere Smith

Writing is not chewing your nails and picking your teeth, but a matter of public interest.

— Alfred Doblin

“the books shot off the shelf like academic projectile puke.”

— Leigh Evans

“I'd like to be a successful author before my hairline recedes further! OK I'm vain”

— David H. Millar

It is important early in life to acquire the power of reading sense wherever you happen to be.

— C. S. Lewis