Books Quote by Samuel Johnson

Authors are often sent a number of books to read for possible review and advance praise. It can be easy for new books to…

— Kameron Hurley

A writer has to surprise himself to be worth reading.

— Bernard Malamud

Like most authors, I also love to read.

— Aprilynne Pike

“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

There are so many good authors; there's no shortage of them.

— Jeanne Calment

Readers want a good book; it's a writer's job to give it to them.

— Sylvia Day

Few of those who fill the world with books, have any pretensions to the hope either of pleasing or instructing. They have often no…

— Samuel Johnson

A novel should tell a story, be a pleasure to read, and at the same time it should be thought-provoking, even a bit instructive.

— Olga Tokarczuk

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

— Blaque Diamond

The trouble is when people read about authors, they don't feel compelled to read the authors' work.

— Donna Tartt

But authors before they write should read.

— Fanny Burney

It's important to write like your readers are brilliant.

— Joshua Mohr