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You learn almost as much about a thinker from what he reads - in particular, what he likes and what he disdains - as from what he writes himself. — Rodney Ulyate

I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I have by reading novels. — Ernest Gaines

Live a life worth reading about. Then write it. — Chris Campanioni

For me, writing historical fiction is all about finding a balance between reading, traveling, looking, imagining, and dreaming. — Anthony Doerr

When I'm not writing or reading, I'm thinking about both. — Joseph Brodsky

If someone knew equally as much about the ins and outs of your home, it would not be your home. — S.A. Tawks

Learn about writing from reading. That is the right way to do it. — Maxwell Perkins

Students need to make their own choices about reading material and writing topics. — Donalyn Miller

I'm writing a movie about Mozart going to New York in the '60s. I've been reading so many novels. — John Cale

You can't know what a book is about until the very end. This is true of a book we're reading or writing. — Lynda Barry

The best thing about being a writer is that 'work' is always something you love, plus usually accompanied by tea, coffee and cakes of some sort. — Jamie L. Harding

[When asked about Writing Conferences]
You meet people that will change your life. — Susan Wingate

I'm not really interested in writing or reading about people who are nice and easy. I like the problem children. — Jami Attenberg

Writing is a channeling of an individual experience; so is reading. That's what's so exciting about this art form - it's interactive. — T.C. Boyle

When I'm in heavy-duty writing mode, there's something great about reading a series. Soothing, but not distracting too much. — Lauren Willig

This is what I love about novels, both reading them and writing them. They jump into the abyss, to be with you — John Green

I tend not to think about the reading public at all, or the business, when I'm writing. — Sara Gruen

When you travel, buy a historical book about the place, read to increase your knowledge on the beautiful places of the world. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Read something worth writing about or write something worth reading about — Anonymous

The man is in his work,read it if you want to know about him. — R.M. Engelhardt

So much of reading and writing to me is about being elsewhere, no matter how much I love where I am. — Glen Hirshberg

I don't want anyone reading my writing to think about style. I just want them to be in the story. — Willa Cather

Only through fiction can we think about the unthinkable... — Stephen King

If you would be remembered, write a book worth the reading or live a life worth the writing about. — Benjamin Franklin

Fiction should be a place of lollipops and escape. Real life is depressing enough
I, for one, don't want to read about make believe misery, too. — Nicole Christie

Writing to her from America, her best friend remarked, 'I've stopped reading fiction, I just read about you. — Catherine Bailey

I think that my passion for writing fantasy began at about the same time as my passion for reading fantasy. — Robin Hobb

Literacy isn't just about reading, writing, and comprehension. It's about culture, professionalism, and social outlook. — Taylor Ellwood

There is so much we do not know about the imagination. That is why we must study it. — S.A. Tawks

After the first few readings in comedy venues I did begin to write for laughs. There's something so gratifying about stimulating laughter. — Aaron Belz

[Writing about her address to a ladies club]: The heart of my message to them was that they would all fry in Hell if they didn't quit reading trash. — Flannery O'Connor

You will learn more about writing from one hour of reading than you will in six hours of writing. — John McAleer

Write your own book instead of reading someone else's book about success — Herb Brooks

The fun of reading as "an exchange between consciousnesses, a way for human beings to talk to each other about stuff we can't normally talk about." — David Foster Wallace

Do you know what the best and worst thing about a book is? The author can't answer all your questions, only your imagination can. — S.A. Tawks

Write about fear. Write about pain. Write about heartache and resentment. Nothing worth reading comes from writing what can be said out loud. — Alexandra Cruz

If you can't learn about reading and writing from Kurt, maybe you should be doing something else. — Kurt Vonnegut