Affect Quote by James Salter

Writing is incidental to my primary objective, which is spinning a good yarn. I view myself as a storyteller more than a writer. The…

— Ashwin Sanghi

I think writing books is a way for me to work out certain issues. I write about what matters to me, always.

— Benjamin Alire Saenz

The writing is what's most important to me.

— Billy Lawrence

I write because I want to end my loneliness. Books make people less alone. That, before and after everything else, is what books do.…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Other writers definitely influence my writing. What encourages me and inspires me is when I read a good book. It makes me want to…

— Kimberly Willis Holt

Id always been a big reader, and I loved books, and I always thought writing would be a great way to get by in…

— Donald Ray Pollock

With a novel, you have to have a story. It's much more important to have it matter to the reader what happens to people,…

— Dave Barry

Writing is something that I've always loved. That stems from my love of being a reader.

— Jen Lancaster

Do you like reading? It's the best thing that can happen to you in life. Writing has other implications.

— Manuel Rivas

I'm not one of those true writers who can't bear not to be writing. Yet it's one of the most important things in my…

— Robyn Davidson

To write a novel may be pure pleasure. To live a novel presents certain difficulties. As for reading a novel, I do my best…

— Karl Kraus

The only book that is worth writing is the one we don’t have the courage or strength to write. The book that hurts us…

— Helene Cixous