About Quote by Anne Michaels

To me, novels are a trip of discovery, and you discover things that you don't know and you assume that many of your readers…

— Tom Wolfe

My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I would like to read. If I can make it…

— David McCullough

Readers want a good book; it's a writer's job to give it to them.

— Sylvia Day

I read a lot. I am an inveterate reader. I always have a novel going.

— Tom Sizemore

A good reader is nearly as rare as a good writer. People bring their prejudices, whether friendly or adverse. They are lamp and spectacles,…

— Robert Aris Willmott

Reading is a pleasure, yes, but not without effort: choosing to read novels purely because they mirror your own experience is stultifying.

— Dawn Foster

The book has had a good run. For 550 years, it was the most practical way to deliver writing to multiple readers.

— Jacob Weisberg

Any writer who gives a reader a pleasurable experience is doing every other writer a favor because it will make the reader want to…

— S. E. Hinton

Reading fiction not only develops our imagination and creativity, it gives us the skills to be alone. It gives us the ability to feel…

— Ann Patchett

I think the greatest reward you get as a writer is finding that people who are reasonably receptive and intelligent have liked your book.

— Christopher Koch

With the novels, I try to write a few pages a day - it doesn't sound much, but it can be difficult if I'm…

— Catherine Fisher

I'm just not a good reader, so I haven't been able to sit down and get myself through an entire book in my whole…

— Billy Burke