Books Quote by William Trevor

I don't believe for one moment you can write well what you wouldn't read for pleasure.

— Nora Roberts

I love reading; it's a great way to avoid writing.

— Tony Kushner

I have always been a reader; I have read at every stage of my life, and there has never been a time when reading…

— Diane Setterfield

I can't write without a reader. It's precisely like a kiss - you can't do it alone.

— John Cheever

Reading yields a wish to write, I think, except if the reading is dull and uninspiring.

— Joyce Carol Oates

You can't write if you don't read.

— Steve Earle

I am not read well, but when I do read, I read well.

— Kurt Cobain

There is no way to write unless you read, and read a lot.

— Walter J. Ong

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

— Alice Walker

I read all the time, and I'm often struck by something I'm reading.

— Alice Munro

If you're a voracious reader and you write something that you want to read, odds are other people will want to read it, too.

— Tim Maleeny

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

— Cassandra Clare