Writing Quote by Clement Gatley

“The question is not whether he read James, but which James he read.”

— Michael S. Reynolds

“In any case, it seems to me that all over the world people nowadays prefer to judge rather than to understand, to answer rather…

— Milan Kundera

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

— Anthony Burgess

“Anyone can write something when asked. However, a true writer writes faithfully without question.”

— S.R. Dixon

“But what would be our readers’ reaction if we simply refused to get to the bottom of that question?”

— Thomas Mann

“To read, or not to read...where is the question?”

— Brenda Sloan

“He was filled with questions but figured he’d exhausted her conversation quota already. Some people, he could just tell about them. She was one…

— Heather Burch

“A writer is merely a reader that had the guts to be read, and, heard.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“It isn’t much, but it allows the writer a place of reflection, a place to discuss anything with nobody.”

— Forbes West

“A person could be immensely happy reading only him or the writers he loved. But that would be too easy.”

— Roberto Bolaño

“No writer is a quiet reader, for their reading will speak of their writing.”

— Anthony Liccione

“The writer must write what he has to say, not speak it.”

— Ernest Hemingway