Books Quote by William Gaddis

“You ordinary people who read and do not write, who 'like to read' and know nothing of the sufferings of writers, how fortunate you…

— Joyce Carol Oates

“Writers write for the same reason readers read. We want to know how it ends, too.”

— Robynn Tolbert

“It is strange that there should be so little reading in the world, and so much writing. People in general do not willingly read,…

— Samuel Johnson

Who often reads, will sometimes wish to write.

— George Crabbe

“Why do you think people stopped reading? We read to connect with other minds. But why read when you're busy writing, describing the fine-grained…

— Alena Graedon

“Reading, by its very nature, is an admission of defeat, a ritual of self-humiliation: it shows that you believe other lives are more interesting…

— Rose Vane

“Writing is about taking everyday observations, things which people see almost every day of their lives, and yet bringing it to their attention for…

— Jamie L. Harding

“Always remember that writing is an alliance between author and reader. With every line we put down on the page, we need to leave…

— Hal Zina Bennett

“Reading is not simply an intellectual pursuit but an emotional and spiritual one. It lights the candle in the hurricane lamp of self; that's…

— Anna Quindlen

“I don’t like writers whose writing is so obvious that I can predict what he’ll write while I’m still taking in his current thoughts.…

— Jarod Kintz

Reading is the creative center of a writer's life." -

— Stephen King

A lot of writers write for an audience that's going to understand them.

— Torrey Peters