Books Quote by Frederick Busch

I am not a great prose stylist. I'm a storyteller. There are thousands of people who don't like what I do. Fortunately, there are…

— James Patterson

When I am writing novels I don't read a lot of novels so I try to catch up in-between.

— Salman Rushdie

I start writing when I overcome my disgust with literature.

— Danilo Kis

What works for me is that I read widely and stay focused on my writing. I'm no longer concerned about what happens in the…

— Sefi Atta

I won't read novels while writing novels.

— Wally Lamb

I don't really think of myself so much as a writer as a stylist, someone who came into writing from the back door and…

— Lindsey Buckingham

A good reader is nearly as rare as a good writer. People bring their prejudices, whether friendly or adverse. They are lamp and spectacles,…

— Robert Aris Willmott

I don't very often read novels.

— Sidney Poitier

My medium is prose, not the novel.

— David Shields

I write novellas because I don't like loose sprawling prose.

— Jim Harrison

I'm not a fast reader. I like to linger over each sentence, enjoying the style. If I don't enjoy the writing, I stop.

— Haruki Murakami

I just keep following the good writing. I'm not good enough to make bad writing look good. Some people can, and I admire them…

— Paul Sparks