Books Quote by Cheryl Alleway

I feel like it's a gift for any writer to be recognized like this.

— Tracy K. Smith

To be of mixed blood is a great gift for a writer. I have one foot on tribal lands and one foot in middle-class…

— Louise Erdrich

The gift of a writer as good as Dickens is not to explain everything; that way, the reader has, in terms of their imagination,…

— Ronald Frame

“The biggest gift a writer could have is to have someone with the writing expertise and experience of John Grisham brought to bear on…

— Tony Vanderwarker

The greatest gift anyone can give to a writer is time.

— Edwidge Danticat

When a writer becomes a reader of his or her own work, a lot can go wrong. It's like do-it-yourself dentistry.

— William Collins

Have fun writing, because it enhances both the writer's and reader's experience.

— Phillip Lopate

A novel is a conversation starter, and if the author isn't there for the after-party, both the writer and the reader are missing a…

— Maggie Stiefvater

The best writing is not about the writer, the best writing is absolutely not about the writer, it's about us, it's about the reader.

— Ben Okri

You can't fake it. Bad writing is a gift.

— Richard Le Gallienne

I've been thinking so much about writing as a gift to readers - and how newness of subject (place or topic or person) is…

— Leslie Jamison

“Writing is a gift. To be good at your gift you need to keep writing.”

— Lisa Powell