Block Quote by Mark Rubinstein

“Good listeners always hear something novel”

— S.E. SEVER

I want to write about the great and powerful thing that listening is. And how we forget it. And how we don't listen to…

— Brenda Ueland

“Listening is an important skill to spark creativity and cultivate empathy.”

— Pearl Zhu

Best selling authors are always worth listening to, even if you choose to ignore their advice.

— Michael Dirda

The successful writer listens to himself.

— Frank Herbert

“People put too much focus on books. Listen to stories. The stories of your peers, mentors, parents, etc. The life you're living [right now]…

— Dom McLennon

Listening is terribly important if you want to understand anything about people. You listen to what they say and how they say it, what…

— Marge Piercy

I'm a novelist, that's how I make my livelihood, and I concentrate on the novels.

— David Mitchell

Listening to people discussing a novel can be very interesting, if you've read whatever novel is being discussed. No one, it seems, ever says,…

— Zia Haider Rahman

“There is a reason why I am a writer... sometimes it is the only way you can get people to listen to you!”

— Phil Wohl

“How do you make a book that anyone will read out of lives as quiet as these? Where are the things that novelists seize…

— Wallace Stegner

“It's not a silly pursuit to read beyond what's handed to you, to seek out new voices and leap over the usual books everyone's…

— Nova Ren Suma