Anecdotes Quote by Thomas L. Dumm

“I never could read Foucault. I find philosophy tedious. All of my knowledge comes from reading novels and some history. I read Being and…

— Michael Gira

“When I want to read a book, I write one.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

“Writing a book is a herculean task, but the toughest thing is to get convinced with your work, and finally give it a green…

— Shivam Chaudhary

“If you talked about writing books, you’d never do it.”

— Rick Mofina

“People talk about books that write themselves, and it's a lie. Books don't write themselves. It takes thought and research and a backache and…

— Neil Gaiman

“I mean, what can you say about how you write your books? What I mean is, first you've got to think of something, and…

— Agatha Christie

“There is no point in having the idea for a wonderful novel if you have never learned to read and write.”

— Ursula Markham

“I learned that books are never finished, that it is possible for stories to go on writing themselves without an author.”

— Paul Auster

“there is no better way to learn how to write than by writing a novel.”

— Lawrence Block

“Reading novels needs almost as much talent as writing them,' he used to say.”

— Anthony Powell

“You're never confident. You go in fear and trembling every day. It would be awfully nice to think that you know how to write…

— Wallace Stegner

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

— Marilynne Robinson