Reading Quote by Eudora Welty

Indeed, learning to write may be part of learning to read. For all I know, writing comes out of a superior devotion to reading.

— Eudora Welty

What we know about writing the novel is the novel.

— Eudora Welty

Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.

— Annie Proulx

If I don't know who I'm writing for, I make it up and pick somebody I'm writing for. That's really the only way to…

— Craig Mazin

I don't know about writing. It's quite lonely. You have to have a lot of patience with yourself. I don't know if I could…

— Ruth Wilson

Because I'm an art historian, I have some experience of writing that comes out of close attention. That's what really art history is. You're…

— Teju Cole

When you're writing, I think a big part of writing comes out of an attempt to understand yourself. You're dealing with emotions and thoughts…

— Sheila Heti

True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance.

— Alexander Pope

I think if the writing comes too easily, it shows - it's usually hard to read.

— Tracy Kidder

I learned to write by listening to people talk. I still feel that the best of my writing comes from having heard rather than…

— Gayl Jones

I have great difficulty sitting in the middle of the night and writing. Everything I do comes spontaneous. Sometimes it takes a long time;…

— Ravi Shankar

Often the block [in writing] comes from the wall of words that keep out the simplicity of sense.

— Adam Gopnik