Books Quote by Jane Yolen

You're a reader as well as a writer, so write what you'd want to read.

— Cassandra Clare

In my position you have to read when you want to write and to talk when you would like to read.

— Catherine the Great

write what readers want to read, which isn’t necessarily what you want to write.

— Nicholas Sparks

Read as much as you can. Write only when you feel the inner need to do so. And don’t ever rush into print.

— Nick Flynn

You either have to write or you shouldn't be writing. That's all.

— Joss Whedon

You write to suit some sense in yourself and trust that that will resonate with a certain wider readership.

— Anna Quindlen

You can't write if you don't read.

— Steve Earle

If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.

— Epictetus

Read at the level at which you want to write. Reading is the nourishment that feeds the kind of writing you want to do.

— Jennifer Egan

I write not only what I want to read...I write all the things I should have been able to read.

— Alice Walker

There is no way to write unless you read, and read a lot.

— Walter J. Ong

You don't write. You get out of the way.

— Sallie Tisdale