Books Quote by Mark Manson

Writing [for the novelist] is not an activity, but a condition. That is why one simply can't resume the work when one has a…

— Robert Musil

Writing is a solitary pursuit and I think you have to be partially at peace with yourself, but it's the other part that's usually…

— Craig Johnson

There's a point at which writing a book, or a long article, begins to feel like mental labor, and it's too painful to connect…

— Alexandra Fuller

I've always been a little bit more of a novel reader than a short story reader. I think the first books that made me…

— Nell Freudenberger

Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intellectual.

— Jorge Luis Borges

Writing a novel is a lot like reading one.

— Katherine Center

Reading asks that you bring your whole life experience and your ability to decode the written word and your creative imagination to the page…

— Katherine Paterson

Reading is an escape, an education, a delving into the brain of another human being on such an intimate level that every nuance of…

— Cynthia Heimel

Reading is like breathing in, writing is like breathing out.

— Pam Allyn

I think writing is really about a journey of understanding. So you take something that seems very far away, and the more you write…

— Pico Iyer

There is something I keep wanting to say about reading short stories. I am doing it now, because I many never have another occasion.…

— Mavis Gallant

Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of themselves to the book, then they'll only see their…

— Ben Okri