Author Quote by Samuel Johnson

“A writer's work is never done, unless he or she has no readers.”

— K. Sean Harris

“The reader is more important than the writer but the writer should never write just for the reader---authentic writing is a must yet, without…

— Alexander M. Zoltai

“Every author begins as a reader. So, read yourself into authorship.”

— Blaque Diamond

“ALL WRITERS ARE READERS, BUT NOT IN REVERSE.”

— DDSherman

“Nobody but a reader becomes a writer.”

— Richard Peck

The most annoying and full- of- crap thing a writer says is, I write only for myself, I don't care if anyone reads it.…

— Harlan Coben

“No writer is a quiet reader, for their reading will speak of their writing.”

— Anthony Liccione

“All writers are readers first, and all of us write the sort of books we want to read.”

— George R.R. Martin

Every author has different ways of writing and what works for one author does not necessarily work for another.

— Robert Munsch

A writer without a reader doesn't exist.

— Harlan Coben

“... a writer concocts a different story for every reader.”

— Mike Bryan

A novelist can never be his own reader, except when he is ridding his manuscript of syntax errors, repetitions, or the occasional superfluous paragraph.

— Patrick Modiano