Apples Quote by Archibald MacLeish

Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.

— Aaron Sorkin

Writers learn their craft, above all, from the work of other writers. From reading.

— Marie Arana

Every great and original writer, in proportion as he is great and original, must himself create the taste by which he is to be…

— William Wordsworth

“A child's reading is guided by pleasure, but his pleasure is undifferentiated; he cannot distinguish, for example, between aesthetic pleasure and the pleasures of…

— W.H. Auden

In reading we must become creators. Once the child has learned to read alone, and can pick up a book without illustrations, he must…

— Anonymous

About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.

— Josh Billings

When you're starting off as a young writer, you look at all the stuff that's gone before and the stuff that's influenced you, and…

— Neil Gaiman

“A writer must be a lifelong reader to be good. And if you want to be a great writer, I’d suggest trying to live…

— Jarod Kintz

Mediocre writers borrow; great writers steal.

— T. S. Eliot

Bad writers have influences. Good writers steal.

— S.M. Stirling

The writer learns to write, in the last resort, only by writing. He must get words onto paper even if he is dissatisfied with…

— Paul Johnson

“I think that it's only natural that readers become writers. You can only learn so much before you have to share it with others.”

— Geary Davis