People always see me writing and ask me if they can read…

I can never understand why people who have not seen me for a while ask if I am still writing. They might as well…

— Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

“To ask how I feel about writing is to ask how I feel about breathing.”

— Shakirah Bourne

I could give you absolutely sterling advice on how to avoid writing, how when you run out of things to do other than going…

— Tony Kushner

All writers, I think, are to one extent or another, damaged people. Writing is our way of repairing ourselves.

— Anonymous

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

— Maxwell Perkins

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

— Leopold Fechtner

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

I don't want them to read what I'm writing and say, 'I think that's right,' and agree with me. I want them to read…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries.

— Adriana Trigiani

To read without writing is to sleep.

— St. Jerome

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

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

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

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

— David Rose

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