Books Quote by Mike Schmoker

“Every book has a skeleton hidden between its covers. Your job as an analytical reader is to find it.”

— Mortimer J. Adler

“During those days, both the bed and my little rickety table were swimming in notes and scribbled-over manuscripts that I took turns working on,…

— Knut Hamsun

Reading is the nourishment that lets you do interesting work,

— Jennifer Egan

It's the first thing I tell my students: If you could understand, really understand, that no one needs to read your work, then your…

— Dan Barden

“Writing is all at once an exploration of what is, and what is not. Of the known, and the unknown. A journey into the…

— Madelaine Standing

“The composition of vast books is a laborious and impoverishing extravagance. To go on for five hundred pages developing an idea whose perfect oral…

— Jorge Luis Borges

“Writing a book is a herculean task, but the toughest thing is to get convinced with your work, and finally give it a green…

— Shivam Chaudhary

“Writing is about taking everyday observations, things which people see almost every day of their lives, and yet bringing it to their attention for…

— Jamie L. Harding

“I have learned one lesson as a writer...keep writing and never throw any notes away. Written parts that can't be used today...may be used…

— Timothy Pina

“The title of the work, its place in the collective library, the nature of the person who tells us about it, the atmosphere established…

— Pierre Bayard

“Read as widely and as deeply as you can. You have to be a reader before you can be a writer.”

— Y.S. Lee

“Read,read,read! It is good and promotes better academics. It helps in all sorts of ways. So read no matter what!”

— Jennifer