Books Quote by Brian Aldiss

I always tell people there's only one trick to writing: You have to write something that people are willing to pay money to read.…

— Bill Bryson

If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read by persons who move their lips when they're reading…

— Don Marquis

“You have to invest yourself as a reader to be a good writer.”

— Saru Singhal

The first thing a writer has to do is find a new source of income.

— Ellen Gilchrist

The first thing a writer has to do is find another source of income. Then, after you have begged, borrowed, stolen or saved up…

— Ellen Gilchrist

A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes for money. I write for myself and publish just…

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves.

— Aldous Huxley

Don't market yourself. Editors and readers don't know what they want until they see it. Scratch what itches. Write what you need to write,…

— Anonymous

Start writing the things that you are reading or that you want to be published doing.

— Brandon Sanderson

“Write what you yourself would like to read, a story that will entertain and challenge you. If you try and follow the trends or…

— J.D. Trafford

“We have our responsibilities as readers and even our importance. The standards we raise and the judgments we pass steal in the air and…

— Virginia Woolf

I want my writing to reach people. I don't write for a market. I write from my heart, something that appeals to me. The…

— Ashwin Sanghi