Books Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

If a writer disbelieves what he is writing, then he can hardly expect his reader to believe it.

— Jorge Luis Borges

It is my contention that the process of reading is part of the process of writing, the necessary completion without which writing can hardly…

— Margaret Atwood

Everyone believes in the atrocities of the enemy and disbelieves in those of his own side, without ever bothering to examine the evidence.

— George Orwell

A Unitarian very earnestly disbelieves what everyone else believes.

— W. Somerset Maugham

“If you read a book set in Kars and put me in it, I'd like to tell your readers not to believe anything you…

— Orhan Pamuk

In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be unfaithful to him as often as they like, but…

— W. H. Auden

“I don't believe there are readers and non-readers; I believe there are those who've found the right books and those who haven't--yet!”

— C.C. Payne

I believe that authors don't have a responsibility to include "messages" in their work, but they do have a responsibility to write a world…

— Cassandra Clare

A successful magazine has to build a myth its readers can believe in.

— Anonymous

I am certain a great many believers and bible readers do believe in social justice.

— Anne Rice

Browse Amazon reviews, and you'll see a surprising number of readers who believe one novel can summarize a country, its culture, and its people.

— Celeste Ng

“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.”

— Christopher K. Krebs

Regardless of the criticisms I receive from the left, the right and the middle, I think it's important to maintain a prolific writing jab,…

— Ishmael Reed

I wrote when I was a young teen, but I didn't put an eye on the available markets until I was seventeen. The next…

— Robert Reed

“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