Boat Quote by E. B. White

What works for me is that I read widely and stay focused on my writing. I'm no longer concerned about what happens in the…

— Sefi Atta

As much as I revere great writing, and am still humbled by it, literary activities are no longer esoteric to me. When I read…

— Jonathan Lethem

What I read: while I'm writing, I tend to go off reading fiction for relaxation - especially the challenging stuff. It's too much like…

— Charles Stross

I primarily read fiction, and I read a good many wonderful books while writing 'The Visibles.'

— Sara Shepard

As a reader, I try to love all the literary forms equally, but I probably read novels most often.

— Sally Rooney

When I want to read a novel, I write one.

— Benjamin Disraeli

I read a lot. I am an inveterate reader. I always have a novel going.

— Tom Sizemore

There's novel reading, and then there's the other kind of reading. Take somebody like Carl Jung, the psychiatrist - now there's somebody worth getting…

— Van Morrison

“On my website there's a quote from the writer Anthony Burgess: "The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles,…

— Simon Cheshire

When you get inside a literary novel you feel that the author, more often than not, just doesn't know enough about things. They haven't…

— Peter York

I deeply respect literature and expect to gain insight from a book and to identify emotionally with its characters. I therefore avoid reading suspense…

— A. B. Yehoshua

While writing a novel, I don't read anything new in fiction. I am too engrossed.

— Jane Gardam