Books Quote by Catherine the Great

Read at the level at which you want to write. Reading is the nourishment that feeds the kind of writing you want to do.

— Jennifer Egan

I write not only what I want to read...I write all the things I should have been able to read.

— Alice Walker

To write, I think it is very important to read. The more you read, the more you know the techniques of writing.

— Sudha Murty

You're a reader as well as a writer, so write what you'd want to read.

— Cassandra Clare

write what readers want to read, which isn’t necessarily what you want to write.

— Nicholas Sparks

I write mostly for pleasure, and the reading should ideally be for pleasure, too.

— Ruskin Bond

When I want to read a novel, I write one.

— Benjamin Disraeli

I always write out of a need to read something, rather than a need to write something.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Reading is more important than writing.

— Roberto Bolano

I do not think you should read about writing while you are writing.

— Maxwell Perkins

The more you read, the more you will write. The better the stuff you read, the better the stuff you will write.

— Annie Dillard

I consider reading to be part of my job.

— Elin Hilderbrand