Books Quote by Fanny Burney

Those who write clearly have readers.

— Albert Camus

Readers don't work for writers. They work for themselves.

— Mohsin Hamid

A lot of first novels are written long before they're actually put down on paper.

— Roger Ebert

People should be interested in books, not their authors.

— Agatha Christie

“Every author begins as a reader. So, read yourself into authorship.”

— Blaque Diamond

The trouble is when people read about authors, they don't feel compelled to read the authors' work.

— Donna Tartt

“Every author does not write for every reader”

— Samuel Johnson

A writer doesn't write for his readers, does he? Yet he has to take elementary precautions all the same, to make them comfortable.

— Graham Greene

I think one of the mistakes typically with authors is they have written more books than they've read.

— Larry Winget

That's what a writer does; they make things up and that makes for good reading.

— Debbie Reynolds

Most writers write books that they wouldn't read. I ought to know; I've done it myself.

— Gore Vidal

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

— William S Burroughs