Books Quote by Ernest Hemingway

Anything you read can influence your work, so I try to read good stuff.

— S. E. Hinton

Read widely, and without apology. Read what you want to read, not what someone tells you you should read.

— Joyce Carol Oates

You're a reader as well as a writer, so write what you'd want to read.

— Cassandra Clare

Everything that you read is an influence on everything you write, and you want to draw as many elements into your work as you…

— Walter Jon Williams

Reading enables me to maintain a sense of something substantive– my ethical integrity, my intellectual integrity.

— Jonathan Franzen

What you don't read is often as important as what you do read.

— Anonymous

For people who are readers, reading is important to them.

— Jeff Bezos

I read a lot, almost anything and everything. I make an effort to use any knowledge I attain and express my opinions even at…

— Malcolm Goodwin

If you enjoy reading something, read it.

— S. E. Hinton

I don't necessarily read everything. I read what I need to read to inspire the book I'm trying to finish.

— Erica Jong

I think, basically, what I'm good for is reading - a lot.

— Helen Oyeyemi

Reading is the nourishment that lets you do interesting work,

— Jennifer Egan