Books Quote by Rebecca West

More books have resulted from somebody's need to write than from anybody's need to read.

— Ashleigh Brilliant

In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read.

— S. I. Hayakawa

“I am more optimistic, both about reading and about books. There will always be non-readers, bad readers, lazy readers – there always were. Reading…

— Julian Barnes

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

— Oliver Goldsmith

Only another writer can know how much damage writing a novel can do to you. It's an unnatural activity to sit at a desk…

— Norman Mailer

“Most books are so well written they barely have any effect on the reader’s senses”

— Steve Aylett

Unless you're a terribly bad writer, you are never going to have too many readers.

— Andrew Wylie

Those who do not read have no advantage over those who cannot read.

— Mark Twain

As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with…

— Oliver Goldsmith

Reading yields a wish to write, I think, except if the reading is dull and uninspiring.

— Joyce Carol Oates

Readers don't work for writers. They work for themselves.

— Mohsin Hamid

My suspicion is that once you have literacy in place, the readership has not changed very much.

— Robert Hass