Books Quote by Nishan Panwar

Many an author will speak of writing, in his best work, more than he actually knows.

— Nancy Hale

All I write about is what's happened to me and to people I know, and the better I know them, the more likely they…

— Norman MacCaig

Every writer has certain subjects that they write about again and again, and . . . most people's books are just variations on certain themes.

— Christopher Isherwood

The way to learn about a writer is to read the text. Or texts.

— Annie Dillard

If writers learn more from their books than do readers, perhaps I may have begun to learn.

— Lloyd Alexander

I don't set out to write something. I more just write, and later on, I discover what it's about.

— Mitski

I've learned over the years that the writing is smarter and far larger than the writer and his or her own desires for it.

— Andre Dubus

I've been spending a lot of time poring over everything I've written, because I know people are going to hear it.

— Liv Bruce

As a writer I'm merely a journalist who has learned to write better than others.

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Everything I have written is the result of reading or of interest in people.

— Marianne Moore

It's much more important to write than to be written about.

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Most writers write to say something about other people - and it doesn't last. Good writers write to find out about themselves - and…

— Gloria Steinem