Books Quote by Brick Marlin Download Open image ““WARNING: Brain dribble from a writer could cause good literature for the reader.”” — Brick Marlin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Writing
“A writer's brain is like a magician's hat. if you're going to get anything out of it, you have to put something in first.… — Ann M. Noser Copy Share Image
“Distrust the book which reads too easily because such writing appeals more to the senses than to the intellect. Hard reading exercises the mind.” — John P. Marquand Copy Share Image
“Always remember that writing is an alliance between author and reader. With every line we put down on the page, we need to leave… — Hal Zina Bennett Copy Share Image
“A writer should be read, not seen, as they seldom are a joy to the eye. ” — Katarina Anhava Copy Share Image
“Literature suffers because writers give their books to colleagues who will then write glowing reviews or saccharine introductions.” — F. Sionil José Copy Share Image
“When reading you have the opportunity to pause for thought & spark your imagination. It develops intellect. Nothing more threatening to a politician than… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
“The bond between book reader and book writer has always been a tightly symbiotic one, a means of intellectual and artistic cross-fertilization. The words… — Nicholas Carr Copy Share Image
“I was thinking the other day about the idea that you have a reader and a writer, and they’re different and they’re flawed and… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“Writing is what happens when the words in your head are overpowered by the words in your heart.” — J.L. Bond Copy Share Image
“Because reading is a selfish activity, writing must be unselfish, a gift to the reader.” — Oscar Patton Copy Share Image
“A writer is a genius not when critics say so, but when her or his book pierces your heart and rips off your blindness… — Ksenia Anske Copy Share Image
“Have a day when you wish you could vomit words, but can only dry heave.” — Brick Marlin Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image