Book Quote by Carol Higgins Clark

The way to learn about a writer is to read the text. Or texts.

— Annie Dillard

Sometimes I write with a particular person in mind. I think it's fair to say that I write for a perceptive reader. You have…

— James Salter

I think writing books is a way for me to work out certain issues. I write about what matters to me, always.

— Benjamin Alire Saenz

For me, the optimum circumstances for writing a book are those of stultifying routine.

— Lisa Jewell

I think, as a writer, you spend most of your time working on the book alone.

— Jenny Han

Every writer has certain subjects that they write about again and again, and . . . most people's books are just variations on certain themes.

— Christopher Isherwood

Writing a book is like washing an elephant: there's no good place to begin or end, and it's hard to keep track of what…

— Azgraybebly Josland

Writing is incidental to my primary objective, which is spinning a good yarn. I view myself as a storyteller more than a writer. The…

— Ashwin Sanghi

Learning how to be a good reader is what makes you a writer.

— Zadie Smith

It's insane to be a writer and not be a reader. When I'm writing I'm more likely to be reading four or five books…

— Markus Zusak

I think as a writer one of the benefits is that you can put things that you're interested in into your books. I always…

— Sarah Dessen

Writers themselves benefit from all helpful information about their task and methods. Readers, in turn, can have both their understanding and appreciation of literature…

— Leland Ryken