Books Quote by John R. Erickson Download Open image ““Write about something you know. Try to leave your readers better off than they were before.”” — John R. Erickson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Writing
“I think that it's only natural that readers become writers. You can only learn so much before you have to share it with others.” — Geary Davis Copy Share Image
“Well, if you want to be a writer, you’re going to have to start letting people read your stuff, you know.” — Kellie McAllen Copy Share Image
“To be a great Writer, Write what you know & Write what other writers wouldn't write about.” — Maryann Gestwicki Copy Share Image
“For all I know, writing comes out of a superior devotion to reading.” — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
“If you don't love what you're writing, stop right now: it's not worth your time and certainly not the reader's.” — Don Roff Copy Share Image
“My Readers time is as important as mine. I try to write good things worth reading.” — Brenda Kay Winters Copy Share Image
“don't talk about all the things you're going to write; put pen to paper instead.” — Shirley Johnson Copy Share Image
“Don't write for the market or for others. Write what you know, love and above all, write what you would love to read.” — Mark Rubinstein Copy Share Image
“Be yourself and your readers will follow you anywhere. Try to commit an act of writing and they will jump overboard to get away.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If you want to become a better writer, you have to write. But you also have to read.” — Kami Garcia Copy Share Image
“No writer is a quiet reader, for their reading will speak of their writing.” — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
“Buzzards don’t make good friends. They always have an interior motive.” — John R. Erickson Copy Share Image
Bravery and devotion to duty hath no greater reward than to see the cat get into trouble. — John R. Erickson Copy Share Image
When I'm alone, I'm in the company of the most interesting dog I know. — John R. Erickson Copy Share Image
“Hank is a dog, not a human dressed up in a dog suit. Humans share some of his flaws, but I get my ideas… — John R. Erickson Copy Share Image
“My parents placed a high value on reading, starting with the King James Bible, and one whole wall of our living room was filled,… — John R. Erickson Copy Share Image
“My idea of being a nice dog stops short of getting murdered for it.” — John R. Erickson Copy Share Image
“you reckon it could have been Pete?” I glanced off to the east and saw Pete basking in the sun beside the garden gate.… — John R. Erickson Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image