Gains Quote by Matthew Specktor

Even though I think writers can sometimes thrive from being misread. It can give them something to push off of.

— Matthew Specktor

Writers are such phonies: they sometimes have wise insights but they don't live by them at all. That's what writers are like...you think they…

— Anne Sexton

Misreading is a big part of reading, the way in which the level of attention you're paying can lead to some interesting residue.

— Brian Evenson

There are really so many subtleties of meaning and observation that very often are not expressed by writers.

— Joachim Frank

One thing that writers have in common is that they are readers first. They have read lots and lots of stuff, because they're just…

— Terry Pratchett

I've found that writers who don't read really can't write.

— Sylvia Day

Those who write clearly have readers.

— Albert Camus

In fact, I think for a lot of writers, it's so hard to be read.

— Susie Bright

I really believe that a writer is someone who has trained their mind to misbehave

— Brad Thor

I don't think writers are any smarter than other people. I think they may be more compelling in their stupidity, or in their confusion.

— David Foster Wallace

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

— Julian Barnes

I think sometimes writers must attempt to communicate the incommunicable, because, whether they wish it or not, they're the ones to whom it falls.

— Richard Flanagan