Concerned Quote by William Golding

Those who write clearly have readers.

— Albert Camus

I've found that writers who don't read really can't write.

— Sylvia Day

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

— William S Burroughs

Readers are what it's all about, aren't they? If not, why am I writing?

— Anonymous

I'm not a writer. I marvel at writing. I am sometimes absolutely astounded when I read something and I think how in the world…

— Kevin Spacey

I don't think contemporary writers spend a lot of time reading each other. Particularly writers of the same nationality.

— Gore Vidal

Not that many people, even contemporary writers, write about right now.

— Anna Deavere Smith

Readers don't work for writers. They work for themselves.

— Mohsin Hamid

While I love to read contemporary fiction, I'm not drawn to writing it. Perhaps it's because the former journalist in me is too inhibited…

— Geraldine Brooks

I'm not a writer who thinks about writing only for themselves; I do always have a reader in mind.

— Emma Healey

Today there are a lot of novelists who seem to be writing to be reviewed, not read.

— Pete Hamill

People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them.

— Flannery O'Connor