Books Quote by Leslie Jamison

The reason I spend thousands of lifetime hours creating something 99 percent of which no one else is likely to ever read is that…

— Christina Baldwin

Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to…

— Amy Tan

“On my website there's a quote from the writer Anthony Burgess: "The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles,…

— Simon Cheshire

The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shock-proof, shit detector. This is the writer's radar and all great writers have…

— Ernest Hemingway

Reading and writing is so important, and it's something I am really keen to promote. It's something that can be a bit lost these…

— Frank Lampard

For me, whatever you write about should be worthy of your attention, worthy of your gifts. That's very important.

— Min Jin Lee

I think it's important to remember that writing is a gift and our stories are gifts to ourselves and to the world and sometimes…

— Jacqueline Woodson

Writing is a sweet, wonderful reward.

— Franz Kafka

I have always loved writing as it comes very naturally to me.

— Mukul Dev

“Life can't ever really defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death-- fascinating, cruel,…

— Cara Swann

The greatest gift is a passion for reading.

— Elizabeth Hardwick

The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship between the reader and the author.

— Jerzy Kosinski