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title: "19 Wouldn Read Quotes by 19 authors"
description: "Browse 19 Wouldn Read quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Wouldn Read sayings and thoughts."
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> [Most writers write books that they wouldn't read. I ought to know; I've done it myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/most-writers-write-books-that-they-wouldn-t-read-i-ought-to-know-i-ve/)

[Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/)

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> [I don't believe for one moment you can write well what you wouldn't read for pleasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-roberts/i-don-t-believe-for-one-moment-you-can-write-well-what-you-wouldn-t/)

[Nora Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-roberts/)

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> [You wouldn't read 'Anna Karenina' and try to work on the computer at the same time, would you?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-pigott-smith/you-wouldn-t-read-anna-karenina-and-try-to-work-on-the-computer-at/)

[Tim Pigott-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-pigott-smith/)

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> [If utopian fiction became the new trend, I wouldn't read it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/if-utopian-fiction-became-the-new-trend-i-wouldn-t-read-it/)

[Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/)

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> [“Priya Gowda had never met a book she wouldn't read, and she'd met a lot of them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/faith-mudge/priya-gowda-had-never-met-a-book-she-wouldn-t-read-and-she-d-met-a/)

[Faith Mudge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/faith-mudge/)

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> [Write a book you'd like to read. If you wouldn't read it, why would anybody else? Don't write for a perceived audience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-mantel/write-a-book-you-d-like-to-read-if-you-wouldn-t-read-it-why-would/)

[Hilary Mantel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-mantel/)

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> [I used to read a lot about myself and the projects I was doing. When I was only acting, I wouldn't read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-franco/i-used-to-read-a-lot-about-myself-and-the-projects-i-was-doing-when-i/)

[James Franco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-franco/)

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> [Would you take anybody's views on Christianity seriously if they hadn't read the New Testament? Of course you wouldn't. So I read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-gorka/would-you-take-anybody-s-views-on-christianity-seriously-if-they-hadn/)

[Sebastian Gorka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-gorka/)

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> [When the children were little, I'd fly into L.A. for a specific work project, but then I'd leave again, and when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andie-macdowell/when-the-children-were-little-i-d-fly-into-l-a-for-a-specific-work/)

[Andie MacDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andie-macdowell/)

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> [“I thought that if I could ever do a background check on myself, I knew exactly what I'd do with it. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-lacey/i-thought-that-if-i-could-ever-do-a-background-check-on-myself-i-knew/)

[Catherine Lacey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-lacey/)

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> [People could see by your actions on the park that you cared about it. If we got beat, I'd fling the Sunday…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/drew-busby/people-could-see-by-your-actions-on-the-park-that-you-cared-about-it/)

[Drew Busby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/drew-busby/)

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> [“my folks wouldn't read a book if you put a gun to their dicks. but they read people all day long and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/my-folks-wouldn-t-read-a-book-if-you-put-a-gun-to-their-dicks-but/)

[Pat Conroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-conroy/)

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> [The books I read I do enjoy, very much; otherwise I wouldn't read them. Most of them are for review, for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-carol-oates/the-books-i-read-i-do-enjoy-very-much-otherwise-i-wouldn-t-read-them/)

[Joyce Carol Oates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-carol-oates/)

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> [“A Cyclops on a unicycle juggling three giant eyeballs couldn’t compare to the balanced vision my writing presents. In fact, noted linguist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/a-cyclops-on-a-unicycle-juggling-three-giant-eyeballs-couldn-t/)

[Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/)

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> [“Sally was on the first floor reading a book, one that she normally wouldn't read, and she felt quite guilty. Twilight. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anjela-myrick/sally-was-on-the-first-floor-reading-a-book-one-that-she-normally/)

[Anjela Myrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anjela-myrick/)

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> [“He doesn't know anything," said Klein. "That's his trouble. He's clever, but he doesn't know much. I guess he only began to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-duer-miller/he-doesn-t-know-anything-said-klein-that-s-his-trouble-he-s-clever/)

[Alice Duer Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-duer-miller/)

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> [The first book I wrote was The Bride Price which was a romantic book, but my husband burnt the book when he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/the-first-book-i-wrote-was-the-bride-price-which-was-a-romantic-book/)

[Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/)

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> [Sometimes I would take Nietzsche or something. And I wouldn't read it, but more just scan the words. Sometimes I would get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brandon/sometimes-i-would-take-nietzsche-or-something-and-i-wouldn-t-read-it/)

[John Brandon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-brandon/)

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> [My Aunt Maria asked me to read the life of Dr. Chalmers, which, however, I did not promise to do. Yesterday, Sunday,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/my-aunt-maria-asked-me-to-read-the-life-of-dr-chalmers-which-however/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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