Ambitious Quote by Laurence D'Orsay

I want it to be easy to read. I'm not writing exotic literature.

— Clive Cussler

To read a novel is a difficult and complex art.

— Virginia Woolf

To read a novel is a difficult and complex art. You must be capable not only of great fineness of perception, but of great…

— Virginia Woolf

Reading yields a wish to write, I think, except if the reading is dull and uninspiring.

— Joyce Carol Oates

A novel should tell a story, be a pleasure to read, and at the same time it should be thought-provoking, even a bit instructive.

— Olga Tokarczuk

“A great book does not have to be a literary masterpiece with complicated sentences and words no one has heard of. It has to…

— Amanda Mackey

You have to seduce the reader, manipulate their mind and heart, listen to the music of language. I sometimes think of prose as music,…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Good writing is like a bomb: it explodes in the face of the reader.

— Nuruddin Farah

I am not a great fan of serious, heavy writing. I prefer simple, short sentences, light on prose.

— Ravi Subramanian

I am a very slow reader. I have to have things written in a pithy way.

— Matt Hancock

Writing a novel is a lot like reading one.

— Katherine Center

“Everyone always talks about the magic of books being able to take you to other places, to let you see exotic worlds, to make…

— Brandon Sanderson