Writing Quote by Anonymous

The handwriting on the wall may be a forgery.

— Ralph Hodgson

If you're a voracious reader and you write something that you want to read, odds are other people will want to read it, too.

— Tim Maleeny

The writer will write in his or her words, but the readers, even when they are not reading you, will take it elsewhere entirely.

— Amitava Kumar

Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it.

— Saadi

Writers don't write to inform other people, they write to find out something themselves.

— Judith Guest

Every text assumes a reader.

— Alberto Manguel

Those who write clearly have readers.

— Albert Camus

I do not write for the reader to come, but for him who is here, short of reading the text on my shoulder.

— Mario Benedetti

To read is to cover one's face. And to write is to show it.

— Alejandro Zambra

When I write a page that reads badly I know that it is myself who has written it. When it reads well it has…

— Gerald Brenan

“we only read when you write”

— Ian Hunter

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

— Diana Athill