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Children read books, not reviews. They don't give a hoot about critics. — Isaac Bashevis Singer
One writes such a story [The Lord of the Rings] not out of the leaves of trees still to be observed, nor by means of… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Let us guess that whenever we read a sentence & like it, we unconsciously store it away in our model-chamber; & it goes, with the… — Mark Twain
Words in prose ought to express the intended meaning; if they attract attention to themselves, it is a fault; in the very best styles you… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
When I talk to anyone or read the writings of anyone who has any axe to grind, I feel that intellectual honesty and balanced judgement… — George Orwell
I didn't write with a target audience in mind. What excited me was how much I would enjoy writing about Harry. I never thought about… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Read a lot. Reading really helps. Read anything you can get your hands on. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
He writes nothing whose writings are not read. — Martial
The more you read, the more you will write. The better the stuff you read, the better the stuff you will write. — Annie Dillard
Don't try to guess what sort of thing editors want to publish or what you think the country is in a mood to read. Editors… — William Zinsser
The Six Golden Rules of Writing: Read, read, read, and write, write, write. — Ernest Gaines
It helps to read the sentence aloud. — Harry Kemelman
Read! Read! Read! And then read some more. When you find something that thrills you, take it apart paragraph by paragraph, line by line, word… — W. P. Kinsella
In conversation you can use timing, a look, an inflection. But on the page all you have is commas, dashes, the amount of syllables in… — Fran Lebowitz
Writing is communication, not self-expression. Nobody in this world wants to read your diary except your mother. — Richard Peck
It is almost always a greater pleasure to come across a semicolon than a period. The period tells you that that is that; if you… — Lewis Thomas
In general, what is written must be easy to read and easy to speak; which is the same. — Aristotle
It's very hard to write about that which is always beautiful and pleasant and good. You don't get anywhere with it. There's no friction in… — Paul Bowles
The first thing a writer has to do is find another source of income. Then, after you have begged, borrowed, stolen or saved up the… — Ellen Gilchrist
At night I read and write, and things I have never understood become clear; I reap the harvest of the rest of the year's planting — Annie Dillard

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