Books Quote by Zadie Smith

Becoming the reader is the essence of becoming a writer.

— John O'Hara

I'm not a writer. I like being a reader.

— Brian Reynolds Myers

You learn to write by reading, and my experiences and tastes as a reader are pretty wide.

— Justin Cronin

We're not just writers; we're readers probably more than anything else. That's how you learn how to write and how you learn to appreciate…

— Elizabeth Berg

Being a writer is great because you get to come up with stuff.

— Courtney A. Kemp

You have to be an extremely good reader to appreciate what a good writer is. There are some people who are completely insensitive to…

— Robert Caro

“You have to invest yourself as a reader to be a good writer.”

— Saru Singhal

You learn to write by writing, and by reading and thinking about how writers have created their characters and invented their stories. If you…

— Jean M. Auel

Sometimes reading other writers helps. You learn some little technique that turns out to be useful, or simply are reinspired by the amazing things…

— Matthew Tobin Anderson

I've always been a reader and a writer.

— Laini Taylor

A good reader is nearly as rare as a good writer. People bring their prejudices, whether friendly or adverse. They are lamp and spectacles,…

— Robert Aris Willmott

If you want to be a writer, I have two pieces of advice. One is to be a reader. I think that's one of…

— S. E. Hinton