Books Quote by George Saunders

“But this one was a writer, not a reader.”

— Anthony Burgess

“ALL WRITERS ARE READERS, BUT NOT IN REVERSE.”

— DDSherman

“... a writer concocts a different story for every reader.”

— Mike Bryan

“Writers are readers, too.”

— Bea Cannon

“Writers write for the same reason readers read. We want to know how it ends, too.”

— Robynn Tolbert

“Sometimes it is the reader that sucks, not the book.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“A writer is merely a reader that had the guts to be read, and, heard.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Better that the book should be not quite so good, and the writer better, and not himself a ridiculous contrast to all he has…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Sometimes there is no chemistry between writer and reader, so - give up. Not all books are meant to be read.”

— My mother

“Writing is a way of remaking the world, both for the writer and reader.”

— Mark Rubinstein

“You can be a writer who doesn't read everyday. But you're not fooling anyone. It shows, rather embarrassingly, in your work.”

— Don Roff

“Nobody but a reader becomes a writer.”

— Richard Peck