Books Quote by Anonymous

People forget that writers start off being readers. We all love it when we find a terrific read, and we want to let people…

— Karin Slaughter

A bit of trash now and then is good for the severest reader. It provides the necessary roughage in the literary diet.

— Phyllis McGinley

Not that the writers weren't good. I believe in those books and those writers very much. It's just that in the climate it's really…

— Henry Rollins

Reading was like a drug, a dope. The novels created moods in which I lived for days.

— Richard Wright

I think there have been some periods when the writing almost became a bit of a burden.

— Leo Ornstein

When we were done and not picked up to series yet, they wanted us to read lots of writers. I was like, "No." Then…

— Harry Elfont

Several months later, and I have finally read one of the three (books), even though I wanted to read all three of them immediately.…

— Nick Hornby

I was always a big reader, even when everything was bad and miserable.

— Donald Ray Pollock

One thing that writers have in common is that they are readers first. They have read lots and lots of stuff, because they're just…

— Terry Pratchett

I'm not a good reader. I had to take remedial reading in school. I was a slow reader and therefore it's tough for me…

— Bruce Dern

I've always been an avid reader. Everyone in my family read a lot. Considering we were from a little town, we were pretty literate.

— John Malkovich

I made a very conscious effort to finish 'The Cypress House' before 'So Cold the River' launched, because I thought that would help build…

— Michael Koryta