Books Quote by Wallace Stegner

Before writers are writers they are readers, living in books, through books, in the lives of others that are also the heads of others,…

— Rebecca Solnit

There is an art to writing, and it is not always disclosure. The act itself can be beautiful, revelatory, and private.

— Terry Tempest Williams

Writing is a solitary activity, it requires isolation and silence.

— Dacia Maraini

Every novel is an equal collaboration between the writer and the reader and it is the only place in the world where two strangers…

— Paul Auster

“Writing is an intimate transaction between two people, conducted on paper...”

— William Zinsser

The marvellous thing about writing, whether it be fiction or journalism, is that it is simultaneously the most intimate and the most anonymous of…

— Will Self

Providing a writer isn't put off by conventions - and some are - attending them can be a nice break from the necessary isolation…

— Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

I really do enjoy getting out to meet my readers. Writing is such a solitary business, it's gratifying to thank folks in person and…

— Christie Golden

A novel is not a play. A novel takes one reader at a time into its confidence. It can be shockingly personal. Private, even.

— Howard Jacobson

I'm a fan of meeting readers face to face, at reader events, where we're able to sit down and take some time to talk.

— Suzanne Brockmann

Writing is a private discipline, in a field of companions.

— Jonathan Lethem

No matter how enormous a novel may become, the physical act of reading determines that there's no way it can become a communal experience.…

— Jonathan Lethem