Book Quote by Helen Humphreys

“We as authors sign a pact with our readers; they'll go on reading because they trust us to play fair with them and deliver…

— Pamela Glass Kelly

“Writing is a craft, being an author is work, and having readers and a following is a gift.”

— Michael J. Kannengieser

“The forcible writer stands bodily behind his words with his experiences. He does not make books out of books, but he has been there…

— Henry David Thoreau

“Authors only write what their characters tell them. Which mean we are scribes, and the characters are the author.”

— Anna-Cosette

And okay, fair enough, but there is this unwritten contract between author and reader and I think not ending your book kind of violates…

— John Green

“Every book begins and ends with other people- the readers who suggest the book to us and encourage us to read it, the talented…

— Donalyn Miller

“Writing is a gift to both the writer and the reader.”

— Cheryl Alleway

“I stopped writing the book that I wanted to write, and wrote the one the book wanted to write.”

— Jim Lewis

“No two readers can or will ever read the same book, because the reader builds the book in collaboration with the author.”

— Neil Gaiman

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

— Robynn Tolbert

“In the end of the day you make the rules. Base your Author Platform around the things you love to do, love to write…

— Matthew Turner

“All great writers share one thing in common: They finished their books.”

— M. Kirin