Books Quote by Susan Sontag

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

— Y.S. Lee

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

— George R.R. Martin

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

— Blaque Diamond

“We have our responsibilities as readers and even our importance. The standards we raise and the judgments we pass steal in the air and…

— Virginia Woolf

The importance to the writer of first writing must be out of all proportion of the actual value of what is written.

— Elizabeth Bowen

“If you consider yourself a writer just write.”

— Sara Gran

“To be a writer, you must write. To be a published writer you must finish what you write and then get what you've written…

— George H. Scithers

“My priority as a writer is that my reader's entertainment comes first, second, and last.”

— B.J. Kibble

“A writer is merely a reader that had the guts to be read, and, heard.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Every writer I know, when asked how to become a writer, responds with one word:Read.”

— Marilynne Robinson

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

— DDSherman

“What's crucial is whether your writing attains the standards you've set for yourself. (...) Basically a writer has a quiet, inner motivation, and doesn't…

— Haruki Murakami