Books Quote by Tara Bray Smith

“Have you always used a pen?” “No,” I said, “only when I want to write something worth reading.”

— Dan Simmons

I can't write without a reader. It's precisely like a kiss - you can't do it alone.

— John Cheever

I've always written by hand. Mostly with a fountain pen, but sometimes with a pencil - especially for corrections.

— Paul Auster

Whenever I write, I'm always thinking of the reader.

— Manuel Puig

I was given a pen not to write anything but just to make me feel how it is to hold something full yet untouched.…

— Anonymous

Sometimes people ask, 'If you'd never had a reader, would you carry on writing?' No.

— Emma Healey

When I write, I'm still imagining a kid reading it on paper. I read e-books when I travel, but in general I still prefer…

— Rick Riordan

I'm a good scholar when it comes to reading but a blotting kind of writer when you give me a pen.

— John Millington Synge

I try not to get analytical in the writing process. I try to just kind of keep the flow from my brain to my…

— Quentin Tarantino

I'm not a writer. I marvel at writing. I am sometimes absolutely astounded when I read something and I think how in the world…

— Kevin Spacey

When I'm having trouble I write by hand. There is some connection between the mind and the fingers that draws out words.

— Sophy Burnham

“Forget ideas, Mr. Author. What kind of pen do you use?”

— Stephen Fry