Books Quote by Walter Jon Williams

I write not only what I want to read...I write all the things I should have been able to read.

— Alice Walker

To write, I think it is very important to read. The more you read, the more you know the techniques of writing.

— Sudha Murty

Anything you read can influence your work, so I try to read good stuff.

— S. E. Hinton

You're a reader as well as a writer, so write what you'd want to read.

— Cassandra Clare

The more you read, the more you will write. The better the stuff you read, the better the stuff you will write.

— Annie Dillard

write what readers want to read, which isn’t necessarily what you want to write.

— Nicholas Sparks

I do believe that reading can help you understand what you're writing and see what others are doing. But sometimes the desire for more…

— Manuel Puig

Everything I have written is the result of reading or of interest in people.

— Marianne Moore

Reading is the nourishment that lets you do interesting work,

— Jennifer Egan

In my position you have to read when you want to write and to talk when you would like to read.

— Catherine the Great

Well, I think everything I've ever read contributes to the background from which I write.

— Jack Vance

I write to explore something that fascinates me, and I write the way I do because it is the only way I know how…

— Cathy Marie Buchanan