Advice Quote by Christopher T. Garry

“Through a story that delineates the power of words to obfuscate, exploit, and distort human reality, Henry James offers his own nuanced, precise, and…

— Siri Hustvedt

“For a writer it was perhaps most important not to write, but to read. Read as much as you can because in so doing…

— Karl Ove Knausgård

That is the mystery: Reading Henry James can yield prose that is contrary to James, yet inspired by him. Who can understand this?

— Joyce Carol Oates

“Oftentimes when I read a book, I want to savor each word, each phrase, each page, loving the prose so much, I don't want…

— Lisa Schroeder

“No matter that you have a PhD and have read all of Henry James twice. If you still persist in writing, "Good food at…

— Lynne Truss

“Writers whose thoughts are expressed with clarity and precision are assumed by readers to be superficial. Where the meaning is obscured, then readers give…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Reading novels needs almost as much talent as writing them,' he used to say.”

— Anthony Powell

“Many times when I read a book, I want to savor each word, each phrase, each page, loving the prose so much, I don’t…

— Lisa Schroeder

“I knew I must write a novel. But it seemed an impossible thing to do when I had been trying with great difficulty to…

— Hemingway Ernest

“Read as widely and as deeply as you can. You have to be a reader before you can be a writer.”

— Y.S. Lee

“Writing should be a little bit grainy, it should be a little bit raw. It should be every single thing flowing inside of us,…

— Gregory Sherl

“Always remember that writing is an alliance between author and reader. With every line we put down on the page, we need to leave…

— Hal Zina Bennett