Books Quote by Dylan Thomas

I advise writing to oneself. If you don't want to read it, nobody else is going to read it.

— S. E. Hinton

If you're a voracious reader and you write something that you want to read, odds are other people will want to read it, too.

— Tim Maleeny

I don't think about the reader in any conscious way that impacts the writing, as far as, Hey, most readers would like this! But…

— John Brandon

The most annoying and full- of- crap thing a writer says is, I write only for myself, I don't care if anyone reads it.…

— Harlan Coben

“Don't be afraid to write and share your story with the reading world! Find your courage! It is a fact that some will love…

— Anonymous

reading is a private act, private even from the person who wrote the book. Once the novel is out there, the author is beside…

— Ann Patchett

“They write for people who read with the surface of their minds, people with reading habits that make the smallest demands on them, people…

— William Gaddis

Write like no one's going to read it !

— Tom Evans

There is a note in the front of the volume saying that no public reading may be given without first getting the author's permission.…

— Robert Benchley

I am the kind of writer that people think other people are reading.

— V. S. Naipaul

With the first novel, I had to tell myself, 'No one is ever going to read it, so you might as well just write…

— Celeste Ng

Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it.

— Margaret Atwood