Feels Quote by J. D. Salinger

Too much traffic with a quotation book begets a conviction of ignorance in a sensitive reader. Not only is there a mass of quotable…

— Robertson Davies

“He who would be a writer, fine, Must take a deal of pains, Must criticize his every line, And mix his ink with brains.”

— Platt Rogers Spencer

“As most real writers do, he wrote because he had something to say, not because of any specific ambition to be a writer.”

— James Hilton

It is the little writer rather than the great writer who seems never to quote, and the reason is that he is never really…

— Havelock Ellis

“The greatest tribute one can give to a writer is that it is simply enough to read him.”

— Isaac Goldberg

The greater part of our writers have become so original, that no one cares to imitate them: and those who never quote in return…

— Isaac D'Israeli

“He was always being told that writers never become famous or rich, but of course that was not why he wrote, he wrote simply…

— Andrew James Pritchard

“Thinking about all the authors I love who wrote flawed books. You authors are such an enigma to me. Why do I love you…

— Love The Stacks Bookstore

Those quotations were really quite obscure. Anyone can see that he is a very well read man.

— Barbara Pym

I think the effective use of quotation is an important point in the art of writing. Given sparingly, quotations serve admirably as a climax…

— George Eliot

“All of my favourite quotes to live by are in my book, I wrote it for a reason”

— Blake Joy

An author should be delighted, not annoyed when he hears himself persistently misquoted. He could receive no higher compliment. It proves that the world…

— Hesketh Pearson