Books Quote by Nick Flynn

Read as much as you can, and then sit down and write.

— Jon Scieszka

My advice to writers is: READ! A lot. Then read some more. read, read, read, read!

— Floyd Cooper

Read at the level at which you want to write. Reading is the nourishment that feeds the kind of writing you want to do.

— Jennifer Egan

I write not only what I want to read...I write all the things I should have been able to read.

— Alice Walker

Read as much as you possibly can. Nothing will help you as much as reading and you'll go through a phase where you will…

— J. K. Rowling

You're a reader as well as a writer, so write what you'd want to read.

— Cassandra Clare

Read a lot. Write a lot. Have fun.

— Daniel Pinkwater

You cannot write unless you write much.

— W. Somerset Maugham

There is no way to write unless you read, and read a lot.

— Walter J. Ong

To write, I think it is very important to read. The more you read, the more you know the techniques of writing.

— Sudha Murty

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

The more you read, the more you will write. The better the stuff you read, the better the stuff you will write.

— Annie Dillard