Books Quote by Terry Eagleton

Every writer is a narcissist. This does not mean that he is vain; it only means that he is hopelessly self-absorbed.

— Leo Rosten

“Reading, by its very nature, is an admission of defeat, a ritual of self-humiliation: it shows that you believe other lives are more interesting…

— Rose Vane

“All writers are vain, selfish, and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives there lies a mystery.”

— George Orwell

“Reading, by its very nature, is an admission of defeat, a ritual of self-humiliation: it shows that you believe other lives are more interesting…

— Michel Faber

“It was, she said, the way the book had revealed an inherent narcissism in its recipients.”

— Jon Ronson

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

— Oscar Patton

“We read literature for a number of reasons, but two of the most compelling ones are to get out of ourselves and our own…

— Maureen Corrigan

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

— Blaque Diamond

Never underestimate the narcissism of a writer.

— Elia Kazan

“Reading is a full contact sport; we crash up against the wave of words with all of our intellectual, imaginative, and emotional resources. What…

— Thomas C. Foster

“There are countless reasons for reading, but when you’re young and uncertain of your identity, of who you may be, one of the most…

— Michael Cart

“Literature starts by being personal, but the deeper we go inside the more we become everybody.”

— Donald Hall