Books Quote by William S Burroughs Download Open image “Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.” — William S Burroughs ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Writers Writing
I think fiction writers write what they do because no one else has written it and they want to read it. — Alan Cheuse Copy Share Image
Writers don't write to inform other people, they write to find out something themselves. — Judith Guest Copy Share Image
You know how sometimes you meet writers that are so full of themselves? They feel really proud that they wrote something . But what… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
In fact, they recapitulate the story of Christianity word for word, like the inevitable course of some unsightly disease: criminal ignorance, brutish stupidity, self-righteous… — William S Burroughs Copy Share Image
No worse fate can befall a man than to be surrounded by traitor souls. — William S Burroughs Copy Share Image
I'm running out of everything now. Out of veins, out of money. — William S Burroughs Copy Share Image
“They are all stupid peasants, and the worst of all peasants are the so-called educated. These people should not only be prevented from learning… — William S Burroughs Copy Share Image
“Look at the immigrants coming to America looking for a better life. What they got now? If they had the misfortune to be successful… — William S Burroughs Copy Share Image
Time: a landing field! Death needs time like a junkie needs junk. — William S Burroughs Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
