Books Quote by Colm Toibin

In terms of writing, I think what most fiction writers treasure more than anything is the feeling that they're living for the length of…

— Lauren Groff

Finding people who get enormous pleasure from reading books is a more and more unusual experience, and so writers just so much want to…

— Susie Bright

Readers are paramount. I live to write books for them.

— Jeffery Deaver

Most writers are lazy intellectuals, and it's a goddamn shame because a writer with an audience has a moral responsibility to make readers think…

— Kevin Keck

People only become writers if they can't find the one book they've always wanted to read.

— Virginia Woolf

I like to believe, as a writer, that anybody who isn't a reader yet has just not found the right book.

— Gabrielle Zevin

People forget that writers start off being readers. We all love it when we find a terrific read, and we want to let people…

— Karin Slaughter

You hear all this whining going on, 'Where are our great writers?' The thing I might feel doleful about is: 'Where are the readers?'

— Gore Vidal

But I do think it's important to remember that writers do not have a monopoly of wisdom on their books. They can be wrong…

— China Mieville

Writers are storytellers. So are readers.

— Oliver North

Readers don't work for writers. They work for themselves.

— Mohsin Hamid

There comes a time in every writer's life when it becomes necessary to recognize what people really care about.

— Mark Kurlansky