Language Quote by Charles J. Rzepka

“Every writer I know, when asked how to become a writer, responds with one word:Read.”

— Marilynne Robinson

“Why just read the writing? Write the reading!”

— Jesse B. Booth

“The one thing Leonard won't tolerate is fancy prose. As he states in his 10 Rules of Writing: "If it sounds like writing, I…

— Elmore Leonard

“There are more writers who read than readers who write.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Reading was my way of not thinking about maths. More than that (or do I mean less?), it was my way of not thinking.”

— Ian McEwan

“If you are writing and no-one reads it, are you a writer, or you just writing?”

— Matt Drabble

“we only read when you write”

— Ian Hunter

“Writers write for the same reason readers read. We want to know how it ends, too.”

— Robynn Tolbert

“But this one was a writer, not a reader.”

— Anthony Burgess

“I feel like writing is sometimes the only way I understand anything.”

— John Corey Whaley

“It is strange that there should be so little reading in the world, and so much writing. People in general do not willingly read,…

— Samuel Johnson

“When you read, read as if you wrote it”

— Peter Creely