Blood Quote by W. Somerset Maugham

“Nothing leaves a scar upon an Authors heart more than a book they've written with purpose going unread.”

— Mark W Boyer

“Writing a book is like pulling strands out of your soul, one by one, until one day instead of a mess it finally looks…

— Ksenia Anske

The good of a book lies in its being read.

— Umberto Eco

“A true writer cuts their heart open and bleeds all over the page...”

— Cynthia Batten

A writer's heart must beat. A reader's heart must hear it.

— Patricia Lee Gauch

A writer never reads his work. For him, it is the unreadable, a secret, and he cannot remain face to face with it. A…

— Maurice Blanchot

“Sometimes, when I read, it's not just fiction while I'm between the pages. It’s real. My heart races when they kiss, and I get…

— Emma Hart

A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.

— Samuel Johnson

“A fiction writer weaves a fabric of lies in hopes of revealing deeper human truths.”

— Wally Lamb

A writer is an organism that will go on writing even after its heart has been cut out.

— Wallace Stegner

The work of a writer, his continuing work, depends for breath of life on a certain privacy of heart.

— Tennessee Williams

“If the author shows no tears while writing their tale, neither will the person who reads it.”

— P.l.n