Books Quote by John Grisham

I think it's up to writers to write stuff that is compelling enough that people want to watch.

— Aaron Sorkin

I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf

— Laura Hillenbrand

To be honest, I want readers to be wrung out. As a novelist, I don't have a political agenda or specific philosophy; I'm trying…

— Jillian Medoff

I think that if you write what you love to read, that will be what your audience wants to read, too.

— Sarah Mlynowski

I really think that in the media world that we live in now, especially for writers, it has to be a conversation. With very…

— Daniel H. Pink

As I see it, my job as a writer isn't to judge, but to take a reader as far inside as I can and…

— Adam Haslett

Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.

— Edna Ferber

As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent.

— Oliver Goldsmith

It's our job as fiction writers to provide a delight that nothing else can - to such a degree that people have no choice…

— Jennifer Egan

A good reader is nearly as rare as a good writer. People bring their prejudices, whether friendly or adverse. They are lamp and spectacles,…

— Robert Aris Willmott

the wrongs of society can be more deeply impressed on a large class of readers in the form of fiction than by essays, sermons,…

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Writers of fiction should stick to writing, not pop up on panel shows or as a talking head.

— Robert Harris