Books Quote by Amitava Kumar

But I do not have the reader in mind when I write. No true writer does that

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Readers don't work for writers. They work for themselves.

— Mohsin Hamid

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

The most annoying and full- of- crap thing a writer says is, I write only for myself, I don't care if anyone reads it.…

— Harlan Coben

Sometimes people ask, 'If you'd never had a reader, would you carry on writing?' No.

— Emma Healey

“No writer is a quiet reader, for their reading will speak of their writing.”

— Anthony Liccione

If the writer were more like a reader, he’d be a reader, not a writer. It’s as uncomplicated as that.

— Julian Barnes

Writing shouldn't come between the reader and what's being described. It should be as transparent as possible.

— Diana Athill

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

— William S Burroughs

I think, for any writer, when you write, you just write.

— David Farr

Reading asks that you bring your whole life experience and your ability to decode the written word and your creative imagination to the page…

— Katherine Paterson

“A writer's work is never done, unless he or she has no readers.”

— K. Sean Harris