Ifs Quote by Samuel Johnson

“Because reading is a selfish activity, writing must be unselfish, a gift to the reader.”

— Oscar Patton

“If you write without reading, you will certainly have too many books without readers.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“Reading is an escape from the outside world. Everyone needs a little of that to keep their sanity.”

— Kim Holden

“Few people actually read. Instead, everyone likes pretending they read. If we spent as much time reading as we say we do, we'd be…

— Dan Wilbur

“I think that it's only natural that readers become writers. You can only learn so much before you have to share it with others.”

— Geary Davis

“For a writer it was perhaps most important not to write, but to read. Read as much as you can because in so doing…

— Karl Ove Knausgård

“Sometimes there is no chemistry between writer and reader, so - give up. Not all books are meant to be read.”

— My mother

“Every time people force themselves to carry on with a book they're not enjoying, they reinforce the idea that reading is a duty.”

— Nick Hornby

“Reading is a way to escape the real world. Writing is a way to create a new one.”

— Giuseppe Bianco

“A writer should be read, not seen, as they seldom are a joy to the eye. ”

— Katarina Anhava

“Read as widely and as deeply as you can. You have to be a reader before you can be a writer.”

— Y.S. Lee

“They write for people who read with the surface of their minds, people with reading habits that make the smallest demands on them, people…

— William Gaddis