Books Quote by Dawn French

When I am writing novels I don't read a lot of novels so I try to catch up in-between.

— Salman Rushdie

I've found that writing novels is an all-absorbing experience - both physical and mental - and I have to do it every day in…

— Paul Auster

Only occasionally do I read new fiction. Most of my reading is heavily dictated by what I'm writing at the time.

— Simon Mawer

One of the reasons I'm able to write books and still carry on with other work is that I do my best writing between…

— Catherine Mayer

When I write a novel I start each morning by reading for 20 minutes.

— Richard Ford

I always try to block out an hour or so a day to read. Being a writer is a job, and reading helps train…

— Karin Slaughter

When I'm really into a novel, I'm seeing the world differently during that time— not just for the hour or so in the day…

— Colin Firth

Every day I try to do some small thing connected to writing. Or I'll station myself at a café and try to hold myself…

— Diana Abu-Jaber

I try to make the writing as regular and regimented as possible. I usually get up at around 5 a.m. and read what I…

— Christopher Paul Curtis

My office-hour reading is fairly ad hoc: I generally read whatever seems relevant to what I'm editing, writing, or thinking about writing.

— Bret Stephens

To keep an active mind, I find that reading novels is really good.

— Alison Pill

I don't very often read novels.

— Sidney Poitier