Books Quote by Fran Lebowitz

I loved to read, and if I could've been a professional reader, that's probably what I would've wanted to be!

— Kathryn Lasky

I'd always loved to read - and come from a family of readers - but I never thought about writing as a career.

— Nora Roberts

Sometimes people ask, 'If you'd never had a reader, would you carry on writing?' No.

— Emma Healey

I'm not a writer. I like being a reader.

— Brian Reynolds Myers

I never wanted to be a writer initially. It was not my thing, but I was an avid reader.

— Dustin Lance Black

I like to be read. That's most of what any writer could want.

— Mark Leibovich

I'd wanted to be a writer since I was knee-high. Once I knew that books were written by people and didn't just happen, it…

— Jon Spaihts

I had to decide if I wanted to be known as a writer or a reader. I chose writer.

— Nathan Lowell

If you would be a writer, first be a reader

— Allan W. Eckert

For so long I didn't have any kind of readership at all - I'd get published, but not read - the idea of writing…

— Geoff Dyer

If the writer were more like a reader, he’d be a reader, not a writer. It’s as uncomplicated as that.

— Julian Barnes

I have always been a reader. I was one of those kids desperate to learn. I would read anything.

— Kate DiCamillo