Any Quote by David Wroblewski

It is as true for the writer as for the reader that any novel worth its ink should be an experience first and foremost—not…

— David Wroblewski

Every book is its own experience, the writing of it.

— Elizabeth Berg

I do not think writers ought ever to sit down and think they must write about some cause, or theme, or something. If they…

— Doris Lessing

The luxury of time to write, and the confidence to do so, make it easier for the more affluent and when the most decorated…

— Dawn Foster

The essay is a literary device for saying almost everything about almost anything

— Aldous Huxley

“The reader is more important than the writer but the writer should never write just for the reader---authentic writing is a must yet, without…

— Alexander M. Zoltai

While a book has got to be worthwhile from the point of view of the reader it's got to be worthwhile from the point…

— Terry Pratchett

“I think that to be a good writer, you have to put yourself on the line, you have to think deeply about what is…

— Marilynne Robinson

The importance to the writer of first writing must be out of all proportion of the actual value of what is written.

— Elizabeth Bowen

If writers stuck to firsthand experience, novels would be pretty limited.

— Stef Penney

“Most novels, if they are successful at all, are original in the sense that they report the existence of an area of society, a…

— Doris Lessing

“Writing is emblematic art form, which means that the book will never be any greater than the writer’s ability to perceive, classify, and describe…

— Kilroy J. Oldster