Arise Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Becoming the reader is the essence of becoming a writer.

— John O'Hara

“A writer writes knowing that nothing else will elicit the same kind of satisfaction and personal triumph as molding the written word into a…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

The transaction between writer and reader is human civilization's most dazzling feat, yet it's such a part of our lives that it's, well, prosaic.

— Patricia T. O'Conner

Learning how to be a good reader is what makes you a writer.

— Zadie Smith

“The bond between book reader and book writer has always been a tightly symbiotic one, a means of intellectual and artistic cross-fertilization. The words…

— Nicholas Carr

Good writers have two things in common: they prefer to be understood rather than admired; and they do not write for knowing and over-acute…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

One becomes great by what one reads and not by what one writes

— Ritu Ghatourey

The key thing for an intellectually rigorous writer to come to grips with is the marginalization of literature by more technologically sophisticated and thus…

— David Shields

“We have our responsibilities as readers and even our importance. The standards we raise and the judgments we pass steal in the air and…

— Virginia Woolf

“He believes that if talent is demanded of a literary publisher or a writer, it must also be demanded of a reader. Because we…

— Enrique Vila-Matas

Writing takes gall. I like to think that's true even for writers with several books under their belt, writers who have been doing it…

— Rumaan Alam