Able Quote by Jon Weisman

Readers want a good book; it's a writer's job to give it to them.

— Sylvia Day

The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is to write the book that you would want to read, and hope other people…

— Ruth Ware

All readers are good readers, when they have the right book.

— Jeanne Henry

I like to believe, as a writer, that anybody who isn't a reader yet has just not found the right book.

— Gabrielle Zevin

Well, for people who want to write best sellers, the best advice I can give is to say that the novel has to engage…

— Ken Follett

It's really hard to get a book published, even a good book, but the better the book is the better chance it has of…

— Karen Thompson Walker

As an author, I realise, you're on your own. You have to do everything you can to help The Book. If I make sure…

— Tibor Fischer

I don't know who said that novelists read the novels of others only to figure out how they are written. I believe it's true.…

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The fact is that in this day and age I don't think any novelist can assume that a book will get attention.

— Curtis Sittenfeld

The book is finished by the reader. A good novel should invite the reader in and let the reader participate in the creative experience…

— Alan Lightman

That's what I want as a reader - I want to be confident that the book will do its job.

— Patrick Ness

Authors are often sent a number of books to read for possible review and advance praise. It can be easy for new books to…

— Kameron Hurley