Books Quote by Thomas C. Foster

“A writer is nothing without a reader; a reader is nothing without a writer.”

— Anthony Liccione

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

— M.F. Moonzajer

“What is reading, in the last analysis, but an interchange of thought between writer and reader? If the book enters the reader's mind just…

— Edith Wharton

“I am more optimistic, both about reading and about books. There will always be non-readers, bad readers, lazy readers – there always were. Reading…

— Julian Barnes

reading is a private act, private even from the person who wrote the book. Once the novel is out there, the author is beside…

— Ann Patchett

“Every writer is first a member of a community of readers, and the deepest purpose of reading and writing fiction is to sustain a…

— Jonathan Franzen

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

— My mother

“The reader is more important than the writer but the writer should never write just for the reader---authentic writing is a must yet, without…

— Alexander M. Zoltai

“A writer's work is never done, unless he or she has no readers.”

— K. Sean Harris

“Authors do not own books, readers do”

— John Green

Readers are less and less seen as mere non-writers, the subhuman other or flawed derivative of the author; the lack of a pen is…

— Terry Eagleton

“Nobody but a reader becomes a writer.”

— Richard Peck