Reading is probably what leads most writers to writing.

Some writers are writing one great, big book and just taking all these different avenues towards it. They might seem on the outside to…

— Chang-Rae Lee

“For writers, writing is a great activity to engage your mind, body, and life. As, you know: taking on hobbies and activities can be…

— Prince Akwarandu

Every writer writes in different ways, and so some write the music first, while others write the lyrics first, and some write while they…

— Valerie June

Reading is professionally important for me to keep tuned in to what's being written in my genre, let's not lie. But that's not the…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Reading is probably another way of being in a place.

— Jose Saramago

I'm not going to be reading as much about everything as probably the next guy. I'm really more focused on the between-the-lines stuff. That's…

— Chris Sale

If you like what you're reading, I probably wrote it.

— Christopher Moore

It wasn't even a good note. 'If you are reading this I am probably dead.' What sort of a note is that?

— Patrick Rothfuss

“Maybe I'm reading too much into this. It's probably nothing. But I've had "nothing" for too long, and I'm ready for something . Anything.”

— Beth Revis

I will say the most raw joy I've experienced reading has probably come from the times I've been reading with my little boys.

— Patrick Rothfuss

I know a lot of writers who would much rather be writing the Great American Novel, but they've got bills to pay and alimony,…

— Eric Stoltz

Writers have to keep on writing if they want to mature, like caterpillars endlessly chewing on leaves.

— Haruki Murakami

I think everything we do, on one level or another, as writers, most of our writing is informed by our world view. It's informed…

— Ted Dekker

How to read writers on writing: With respect, amusement, and skepticism. They will contradict one another-as they should-for each writer brings an individual history…

— Donald Murray

There are more and more women writing. And there are more and more good male writers who are writing and who learned and decided…

— Catherine O'Hara