Book Quote by Lloyd Alexander

I have never written a book that didn't teach me far more than it taught my reader.

— Isaac Asimov

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

— Ashleigh Brilliant

I like to think that each book I start is a completely new departure But I’ve learned that whatever you do, readers will have…

— Ian Mcewan

I was quite a reader before I became a writer.

— Tom T. Hall

The books I haven't written are better than the books other people have.

— Cyril Connolly

Certain books seem to be written, not that we might learn from them, but in order that we might see how much the author…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

Indeed, learning to write may be part of learning to read. For all I know, writing comes out of a superior devotion to reading.

— Eudora Welty

Who learns most from a good book is the author.

— Jose Bergamin

Are you a reader? If you aren't a reader, you might as well forget trying to be a writer.

— Wallace Stegner

I think I learned a lot from reading in general - even from reading badly written books.

— Margaret Haddix

I personally feel I still have so much to learn as a writer; each novel is better than the one before, just because I'm…

— Jonathan Dee