If you don't write, then read.

“If you can't write, read. If you can't read, walk. Or walk and read, then write.”

— Joyce Rachelle

“You can’t give what you don’t have. To write, you must read. To write well, read well.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“When I can’t write I read. When I can’t read I sleep. And when I can’t sleep I write.”

— Jarod Kintz

I don't write for any particular kind of person.

— Mary Wesley

I don't write autobiographically.

— Meg Wolitzer

When you're rich you don't write checks.

— Randy Moss

“I read so I might live a thousand lives in a lifetime. I write to control the particulars in those lives.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

I think the most important lesson isn't necessarily to try and write a different book every time, or to try and brand yourself and…

— Chris Bohjalian

Classic book is a book which people praise, but do not read.

— Abhishek Tiwari

“I travel to know the life of great souls in the pages of a book.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

When we read too fast or too slowly, we understand nothing.

— Blaise Pascal

In the past few years I've assigned books to be read before a student attends one of my weeklong seminars. I have been astonished…

— Natalie Goldberg

“Best advice to writers - Read, write, read, write - repeat!”

— Lilly Cain

I am a recluse at present & do nothing but write & read & read & write

— Katherine Mansfield

You must write, and read, as if your life depended on it.

— Adrienne Rich