Books Quote by John Updike

There's a whole language out there, and one's role as a writer is to stumble around in it.

— Ciaran Carson

A writer should care about one thing - the language. To write well - that is his duty. That is his only duty.

— Joseph Brodsky

It’s daunting to find the language so foreign, so distant, but also so thrilling. One is absolved of responsibility when the language is incomprehensible.

— Frances Mayes

It is my huge pleasure that my novels are translated into languages that are read among small numbers of people.

— Haruki Murakami

The vitality of language lies in its ability to limn the actual, imagined and possible lives of its speakers, readers, writers.

— Toni Morrison

“We need to write in a language that they can read.”

— Saad Ireland

Having a facility for language is an important part of being an author.

— Elizabeth George

We inhabit a language rather than a country.

— Emile M. Cioran

It's the best motivation to have a particular beloved reader in mind! Because you feel this urgency that you really want somebody you care…

— Idra Novey

We who write in English are fortunate to have the richest and most versatile language in the world. Respect it.

— P. D. James

I find it hugely exciting to be dealing with another writer's language.

— Johnny Flynn

People acquiring a second language have the best chance for success through reading.

— Stephen D. Krashen