Around Quote by Richard Bausch

“Read good writing, and don’t live in the present. Live in the deep past, with the language of the Koran or the Mabinogion or…

— Rebecca Solnit

Are you a reader? If you aren't a reader, you might as well forget trying to be a writer.

— Wallace Stegner

What works for me is that I read widely and stay focused on my writing. I'm no longer concerned about what happens in the…

— Sefi Atta

A good writer is one you can read without breaking a sweat.

— Patricia T. O'Conner

Write a book you'd like to read. If you wouldn't read it, why would anybody else? Don't write for a perceived audience or market.…

— Hilary Mantel

I don't like to read. The only things I read are gossip columns. If someone gives me a book, it had better have lots…

— Ethel Merman

A good reader is nearly as rare as a good writer. People bring their prejudices, whether friendly or adverse. They are lamp and spectacles,…

— Robert Aris Willmott

I read less of everything now. With only fond memories of others' work, it will be interesting to give my own journal writing a…

— Jonathan Carroll

If you're a serious minded leader, you will read. You will read all you can.

— Bill Hybels

Writers interest me for their style, their obsessions, the ways in which they approach the world.

— Amitava Kumar

Anything you read can influence your work, so I try to read good stuff.

— S. E. Hinton

I read, therefore I'm interested in writers.

— Philip Kaufman