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> [A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-l-travers/a-writer-is-after-all-only-half-his-book-the-other-half-is-the-reader/)

[P. L. Travers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-l-travers/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02a/p-l-travers-18631_book_a-writer-is-after-all-only-half-his-book_770482.png)

> [“In the American Grain" "Ninth grade, and bicycling the Jersey highways: I am a writer. I was half-wasp already, I changed my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-lowell/in-the-american-grain-ninth-grade-and-bicycling-the-jersey-highways-i/)

[Robert Lowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-lowell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/237/robert-lowell-6901_poetry_in-the-american-grain-ninth-grade-and-bi_1176783.jpg)

> [The writer after all is only half the book, the other half is the reader.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/the-writer-after-all-is-only-half-the-book-the-other-half-is-the/)

[Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/260/lois-lowry-978_book_the-writer-after-all-is-only-half-the-bo_1832242.png)

> [Every writer with half a brain knows to surround himself or herself with editors who are smarter, far more articulate, and infinitely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-claremont/every-writer-with-half-a-brain-knows-to-surround-himself-or-herself/)

[Chris Claremont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-claremont/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/373/chris-claremont-4123_better_every-writer-with-half-a-brain-knows-to_2136907.jpg)

> [I am not a slow writer, I am not a fast writer . . . I am a half-fast writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-asprin/i-am-not-a-slow-writer-i-am-not-a-fast-writer-i-am-a-half-fast-writer/)

[Robert Asprin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-asprin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/915/robert-asprin-32305_half_i-am-not-a-slow-writer-i-am-not-a-fast-w_3084718.png)

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