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title: "41 Write Read Quotes by 39 authors"
description: "Browse 41 Write Read quotes by 39 authors. Discover the best Write Read sayings and thoughts."
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> [But authors before they write should read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fanny-burney/but-authors-before-they-write-should-read/)

[Fanny Burney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fanny-burney/)

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> [“I live to write but, I read to live.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gail-gentry/i-live-to-write-but-i-read-to-live/)

[Gail Gentry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gail-gentry/)

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> [“If you don't write, then read.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-l-namira/if-you-don-t-write-then-read/)

[Sylvia L'Namira](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-l-namira/)

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> [You must write, and read, as if your life depended on it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrienne-rich/you-must-write-and-read-as-if-your-life-depended-on-it/)

[Adrienne Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrienne-rich/)

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> [“I just need to sit, think, write and read.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-trandahl/i-just-need-to-sit-think-write-and-read/)

[Nicholas Trandahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-trandahl/)

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> [To write you had to read so I backed into reading.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/to-write-you-had-to-read-so-i-backed-into-reading/)

[Richard Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-ford/)

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> [I read in order to write. I read out of obsession with writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-ozick/i-read-in-order-to-write-i-read-out-of-obsession-with-writing/)

[Cynthia Ozick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-ozick/)

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> [“Write and read and you shall be good to succeed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-coray/write-and-read-and-you-shall-be-good-to-succeed/)

[Emma Coray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-coray/)

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> [“Story always tells us more than the mere words, and that is why we love to write it, and to read it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/story-always-tells-us-more-than-the-mere-words-and-that-is-why-we/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [“If you can't write, read. If you can't read, walk. Or walk and read, then write.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-rachelle/if-you-can-t-write-read-if-you-can-t-read-walk-or-walk-and-read-then/)

[Joyce Rachelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-rachelle/)

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> [“I’m addicted to words. The only way to get my fix is to write and read.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-d-green/i-m-addicted-to-words-the-only-way-to-get-my-fix-is-to-write-and-read/)

[K.D. Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-d-green/)

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> [Writing is a divine art, and the more I write and read the more I love it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/writing-is-a-divine-art-and-the-more-i-write-and-read-the-more-i-love/)

[Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/)

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> [I myself never make any notes. Usually, if I write something down, I can't read it afterwards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-abramovich/i-myself-never-make-any-notes-usually-if-i-write-something-down-i-can/)

[Roman Abramovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-abramovich/)

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> [“If you want to become a better writer, you have to write. But you also have to read.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kami-garcia/if-you-want-to-become-a-better-writer-you-have-to-write-but-you-also-2/)

[Kami Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kami-garcia/)

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> [“When I can’t write I read. When I can’t read I sleep. And when I can’t sleep I write.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/when-i-can-t-write-i-read-when-i-can-t-read-i-sleep-and-when-i-can-t/)

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

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> [“There are only two ways, really, to become a writer. One is to write. The other is to read.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-quindlen/there-are-only-two-ways-really-to-become-a-writer-one-is-to-write-the/)

[Anna Quindlen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-quindlen/)

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> [I write to be read. I'm quite direct about that. I'm not writing to thrill colleagues or to impress the professors at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-larson/i-write-to-be-read-i-m-quite-direct-about-that-i-m-not-writing-to/)

[Erik Larson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-larson/)

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> [“Want to write? Read. Want to write well? Read 3000 pages, and write 1000. At the end, you will be fluent in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-wyndbourne/want-to-write-read-want-to-write-well-read-3000-pages-and-write-1000/)

[Richard Wyndbourne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-wyndbourne/)

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> [I write and I read, and I write and read my way into and out of ideas and life. And that's what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-fuller/i-write-and-i-read-and-i-write-and-read-my-way-into-and-out-of-ideas/)

[Alexandra Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-fuller/)

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> [I read everywhere. It's like a bodily function. I don't need quiet. I write and read with the TV on. I follow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-abani/i-read-everywhere-it-s-like-a-bodily-function-i-don-t-need-quiet-i/)

[Chris Abani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-abani/)

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> [If you have some natural talent and really want to write, you should read the books of someone who's very successful in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-cussler/if-you-have-some-natural-talent-and-really-want-to-write-you-should/)

[Clive Cussler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-cussler/)

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> [In the past few years I've assigned books to be read before a student attends one of my weeklong seminars. I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-goldberg/in-the-past-few-years-i-ve-assigned-books-to-be-read-before-a-student/)

[Natalie Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-goldberg/)

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> [I sat on the bench by the willows and at my honey bun and read Triton. There are some awful things in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/i-sat-on-the-bench-by-the-willows-and-at-my-honey-bun-and-read-triton/)

[Jo Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-walton/)

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> [“Read everything you can push into your skull. Read your mother’s diary. Read Assata. Read everything Gloria Steinem and bell hooks write.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabby-rivera/read-everything-you-can-push-into-your-skull-read-your-mother-s-diary/)

[Gabby Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabby-rivera/)

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> [The more I think about our species the more I think we just do stuff and make up explanations later when asked.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/the-more-i-think-about-our-species-the-more-i-think-we-just-do-stuff/)

[Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/)

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> [When I'm writing in my bedroom, in a bar, at my kitchen table or wherever, I'm conjuring it all up on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/when-i-m-writing-in-my-bedroom-in-a-bar-at-my-kitchen-table-or/)

[Quentin Tarantino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-tarantino/)

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> [I was four or five, and my mother gave me a big black tablet, because I kept complaining that I was bored.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-didion/i-was-four-or-five-and-my-mother-gave-me-a-big-black-tablet-because-i/)

[Joan Didion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-didion/)

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> [“For a writer it was perhaps most important not to write, but to read. Read as much as you can because in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-ove-knausgard/for-a-writer-it-was-perhaps-most-important-not-to-write-but-to-read/)

[Karl Ove Knausgård](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-ove-knausgard/)

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> [The only wat to get better at writing is to write. And read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-only-wat-to-get-better-at-writing-is-to-write-and-read/)

[Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/)

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> [You write to be read. That is the bottom line.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-yolen/you-write-to-be-read-that-is-the-bottom-line/)

[Jane Yolen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-yolen/)

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> [“If I can write it, you can read it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-i-can-write-it-you-can-read-it/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“I write because I read... I read because I write ~Unknown”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-k-pickett/i-write-because-i-read-i-read-because-i-write-unknown/)

[Michelle K. Pickett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-k-pickett/)

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> [“Best advice to writers - Read, write, read, write - repeat!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilly-cain/best-advice-to-writers-read-write-read-write-repeat/)

[Lilly Cain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lilly-cain/)

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> [Everything I write, I read out loud. It has to sound a certain way. It has to look a certain way on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/everything-i-write-i-read-out-loud-it-has-to-sound-a-certain-way-it/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

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> [Children are like a book which we should write in and which we should read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/children-are-like-a-book-which-we-should-write-in-and-which-we-should/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“You can’t give what you don’t have. To write, you must read. To write well, read well.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israelmore-ayivor/you-can-t-give-what-you-don-t-have-to-write-you-must-read-to-write/)

[Israelmore Ayivor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/israelmore-ayivor/)

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> [Everything I write, I read aloud. It has to sound a certain way and look a certain way on page.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/everything-i-write-i-read-aloud-it-has-to-sound-a-certain-way-and/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

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> [For anyone to take the time to care about what I write and read a book is so flattering to me because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davey-havok/for-anyone-to-take-the-time-to-care-about-what-i-write-and-read-a/)

[Davey Havok](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davey-havok/)

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> [I am a recluse at present & do nothing but write & read & read & write](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-mansfield/i-am-a-recluse-at-present-do-nothing-but-write-read-read-write/)

[Katherine Mansfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-mansfield/)

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> [Work. Write. Read. Keep putting words on the page, because that's the only way you'll get better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-j-watson/work-write-read-keep-putting-words-on-the-page-because-that-s-the/)

[S.J. Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-j-watson/)

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