Books Quote by Eric Hoffer

It is one thing to write a good sentence, another to write a good book.

— Katy Lederer

Keep your paragraphs short. Writing is visual - it catches the eye before it has a chance to catch the brain.

— William Zinsser

It helps to read the sentence aloud.

— Harry Kemelman

Each reader needs to bring his or her own mind and heart to the text.

— Dean Koontz

I know what a good sentence looks like. I read a lot, so I know what reads well.

— Alex G

Sometimes writing it is a good way to understand something.

— Uzodinma Iweala

“Ultimately, it will help ensure that more of what you like to read will be written. Thank you.”

— Dana Stabenow

A novel should tell a story, be a pleasure to read, and at the same time it should be thought-provoking, even a bit instructive.

— Olga Tokarczuk

Technique holds a reader from sentence to sentence, but only content will stay in his mind.

— Joyce Carol Oates

“Reading stimulates the imagination and a good imagination can change the world in the most splendid of ways.”

— Meredith Wood

Good writing is like a bomb: it explodes in the face of the reader.

— Nuruddin Farah

“Writing keeps the mind sharp and gives me the opportunity to exercise my imagination to engage the reader,”

— Ruth Ford Elward