Book Quote by Lisa Morton

The point is, it didn’t really matter what the book was about. It was what it meant that was important.

— Markus Zusak

What happened to the writer is not what matters; what matters is the large sense that the writer is able to make of what…

— Vivian Gornick

A book is less important for what it says than for what it makes you think.

— Louis L'Amour

The way a book is read, which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book can have as much to do…

— Norman Cousins

“It doesn't matter how a novel was printed. What matters are the words in between the pages.”

— Giuseppe Bianco

“The greatness of a writer has nothing to do with subject matter itself, only with how much the subject matter touches the author.”

— Boris Pasternak

All great literary works influence us as writers, not their stories as much as their storytelling ability.

— Michael Scott

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

— Howard Gordon

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

— Julian Barnes

But I do think it's important to remember that writers do not have a monopoly of wisdom on their books. They can be wrong…

— China Mieville

I didn't write a book. It wasn't for self-enrichment.

— Linda Tripp

More books have resulted from somebody's need to write than from anybody's need to read.

— Ashleigh Brilliant