Books Quote by Umberto Eco

An author departs; he does not die.

— Anonymous

In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.

— Salman Rushdie

The author enters into his own death, writing begins.

— Roland Barthes

A writer's definitive death is when no one reads his books anymore. That's the final death.

— Jose Saramago

The birth of the reader must be at the cost of the death of the Author.

— Roland Barthes

Unless a writer is extremely old when he dies, in which case he has probably become a neglected institution, his death must always seem…

— James A. Baldwin

For an author nothing is as dead as a book once it is written.

— Rumer Godden

Only two things happen to writers when they die: Either their work survives, or it becomes forgotten.

— Stephen King

As far as I'm concerned, I'm a writer who's writing books, and therefore, I don't want to die. You'd miss the end of the…

— Terry Pratchett

“When a writer dies, he becomes his books.”

— Jorge Luis Borges

The only end of writing is to enable readers better to enjoy life or better to endure it.

— Samuel Johnson

“One thing I had learnt, the last person you should ask for a solution is the author. If he knew where he was going,…

— Iain Sinclair