Books Quote by E. B. White

Read as much as you can. Write only when you feel the inner need to do so. And don’t ever rush into print.

— Nick Flynn

“It's hard for me to believe that people who read very little - or not at all in some cases - should presume to…

— Stephen King

Read as much as you can, and then sit down and write.

— Jon Scieszka

I am a very slow reader. I have to have things written in a pithy way.

— Matt Hancock

Whatever I'm doing, I try to write well. I try to give the reader a nice, clean well-written surface, where the writing is transparent.…

— Shelby Steele

The main thing I try to do is write as clearly as I can. I rewrite a good deal to make it clear.

— E. B. White

What you're trying to do when you write is to crowd the reader out of his own space and occupy it with yours, in…

— Robert Stone

“For a writer it was perhaps most important not to write, but to read. Read as much as you can because in so doing…

— Karl Ove Knausgård

“My writing, on the other hand, is always done with my readers in mind. I never write for my own amusement. I always try…

— Desmond Morris

I love slow readers. And readers who think about what I've written, think about how it's written - and copy me!

— Jacqueline Woodson

I am a very personal writer. I write direct to the reader. I don't hold back.

— Ruskin Bond

I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that's really…

— Tracy Kidder