Book Quote by George Burns

I'd say that about 82 percent of what I write is bad, but don't go by me; I'm as bad a judge as I…

— George Burns

We can never know that a piece of writing is bad unless we have begun by trying to read it as if it was…

— C. S. Lewis

A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one; it come as sincerely from the author's soul

— Aldous Huxley

Unless you're a terribly bad writer, you are never going to have too many readers.

— Andrew Wylie

“I read all kinds of novels, as long as they’re good. I get a bit piqued when people say, 'I don’t really like that…

— Gillian Flynn

I like to write and that's why I write. I don't think about how much the book will sell.

— Sudha Murty

When I was younger, I suppose I was interested in checking out as much about writing as I could: bad, weird, irritating, even things…

— Susan Minot

It's more fun writing bad books than reading good ones.

— Werner Lansburgh

Be kind and considerate with your criticism... It's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book.

— Malcolm Cowley

When I'm writing, I'm thinking, "Well, this might be a book that I'll always be happy with, and certainly readers will be happy with."…

— John Edgar Wideman

“This is the explanation I used to have on the site before my page got turned into an author's page. Don't get butt hurt…

— D.R. Slaten

“I know nothing of writing books properly. I write in the same manner I live life: one feeling at a time. If this makes…

— Cara Rosalie Olsen