Be encouraged Quote by Alberto Manguel

When I write, I enjoy myself so much that what is being written really needs no reader

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

If you see in all my books, I have two key intentions. One is obviously to entertain and make sure that the reader has…

— Ravi Subramanian

The idea for a book usually bubbles up from my sub-conscious when I am drifting off to sleep. Each one has started as a…

— Marie Bradby

I have learned that my assignment is to write books for people who do not like to read books. I really try to connect…

— Max Lucado

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

The whole point of reading is that the writer is speaking to you, and if you're not listening, you're not going to have any…

— Nick Hornby

I hate to write! But I love to talk, so I'm told that when people read my books, it like I'm there just talking…

— Steven Gundry

Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of themselves to the book, then they'll only see their…

— Ben Okri

I'm not writing to encourage people to read my book or even books in general. That's not my job. My job is to write…

— Sally Rooney

I think people become consumed with selling a book when they need to be consumed with writing it.

— Ann Patchett

Readers enjoy talking about books almost as much as they like reading.

— Donalyn Miller

Whenever you read a good book, it's like the author is right there, in the room, talking to you, which is why I don't…

— Anonymous