Book Quote by Charles de Lint

I don't write because I think I have anything particularly interesting to say. I write because I love writing more than any other work…

— Stefan Merrill Block

If you're going to write something, that's going to be read by people, a lot of people, you hope it will not only entertain…

— Stan Lee

You should not really entertaining anyone else, but trying to be yourself, because there are already more good books than you or I could…

— Jonathan Dee

I think, basically, what I'm good for is reading - a lot. I think I'll always be more of a reader than a writer,…

— Helen Oyeyemi

After a while, you start to realize that you should write a book you would want to read. I try to write a book…

— Guy Gavriel Kay

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

My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I would like to read. If I can make it…

— David McCullough

One of the reasons why I don't write the same kind of book again and again is that I get bored very easily, so…

— Tibor Fischer

For me, as a writer, I desperately want to be read. I'm very conscious of readers as I'm writing. I think, 'If you write…

— Matt Haig

I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that's really…

— Tracy Kidder

When I write, I enjoy myself so much that what is being written really needs no reader

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

The one thing you have to do if you write a book is put yourself in someone else's shoes. The reader's shoes. You've got…

— Mark Haddon