Better Quote by John Updike

“The true reader must be an extension of the author. He is the higher court that receives the case already prepared by the lower…

— Novalis

A good writer refuses to be socialized. He insists on his own version of things, his own consciousness. And by doing so he draws…

— Bill Barich

When the writing is good, a book becomes a mirror. The reader will see an uncanny familiarity and respond accordingly

— Jen Knox

In a novel, the relationship between writer and reader is such a pure one.

— Howard Gordon

It's that kind of thing that readers have. I have it as a reader myself: that expectation that the writer will be that person.…

— Irvine Welsh

The sincerity of feeling that is possible between a writer and a reader is one of the finest things I know.

— Willa Cather

The relationship between reader and writer is reciprocal in a way. We co-create each other. We are constantly emerging out of the relationship we…

— Ruth Ozeki

There is only one trait that makes the writer. He is always watching.

— Morley Callaghan

As every writer knows... there is something mysterious about the writer's ability, on any given day, to write. When the juices are flowing, or…

— Anonymous

[In the moment of reading writer and reader] are both briefly their best selves, or at least better selves. A flawed human being writes…

— George Saunders

If the writer were more like a reader, he’d be a reader, not a writer. It’s as uncomplicated as that.

— Julian Barnes

“There is only one trait that marks the writer. He is always watching. It's a kind of trick of the mind and he is…

— Morley Callaghan