Just writing a lot doesn't necessarily make you a better…

Blogging is to writing what extreme sports are to athletics: more free-form, more accident-prone, less formal, more alive. It is, in many ways, writing…

— Andrew Sullivan

That's what in theory differentiates a writer from everyone else. You see and hear more clearly.

— Don DeLillo

My family were Russian Jews. They got you to read as soon as you could. And then assumed you would read a lot. People…

— Grace Paley

We've all had that experience where we hear a song that we've liked for many years, and we finally hear what the writer tells…

— Jakob Dylan

When I hear a writer say that they ‘put in a call,’ I want to pull my hair out.

— Janet Flanner

If you want to say something profound, writing from your heartbeat is different than writing from the loud voices you get from music. If…

— Russell Simmons

When we read our own writing, we all think it clearly expresses what we mean, because when we read it, we are only reminding…

— Joseph Williams

I grew up in a place where books were very, very scarce, and I loved to read. I used to read the writing on…

— Jamaica Kincaid

I tend to forget what I'm doing will ever be read while I'm writing it, and just get on with the task at hand.

— Garth Ennis

“People always see me writing and ask me if they can read my writing. The answer is yes, after I publish it and they…

— Jarod Kintz

“Knowing that others want to read my writing is the greatest inspiration to write.”

— David Rose

I do not think you should read about writing while you are writing.

— Maxwell Perkins

The writing is really important in books that affect me. I read for the writing. The story is usually of less interest to me.…

— James Salter

What I read: while I'm writing, I tend to go off reading fiction for relaxation - especially the challenging stuff. It's too much like…

— Charles Stross

My teacher has a reading problem. He can't read my writing

— Leopold Fechtner