Books Quote by Frederick Busch

A writer never reads his work. For him, it is the unreadable, a secret, and he cannot remain face to face with it. A…

— Maurice Blanchot

When I look at what a writer owes to the reader, it's critical to know that everything you're writing about is not made up…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

A writer has to take all the risks of putting down what he sees.

— James A. Baldwin

That is the thing about being a writer; your subject matter may not stay your subject matter if you break their trust by revealing…

— Greg Fitzsimmons

Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is…

— E. L. Doctorow

I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf

— Laura Hillenbrand

I would say readers can trust my work more than anyone else's.

— Joseph J. Ellis

It's our job as fiction writers to provide a delight that nothing else can - to such a degree that people have no choice…

— Jennifer Egan

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 people do look to writers to tell the truth in a way that nobody else quite will, not politicians or ministers or…

— John Updike

I think every writer has got to direct. If you don't direct, you can't protect your work. The only way to ensure that it's…

— Amy Sherman-Palladino

It is not merely enough to love literature if one wishes to spend one's life as a writer. It is a dangerous undertaking on…

— Harlan Ellison