Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere.
The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self activity.
I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.
I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us.
Books had instant replay long before televised sports.
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.
When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature.
We don't need lists of rights and wrongs, tables of do's and don'ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a time lasts forever.
Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else.
The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar things new.
Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.
It ain't whatcha write, it's the way atcha write it.
You must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.
Fiction is the truth inside the lie.
There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
A great book should leave you with many experiences.
Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.
Poetry is when you make new things familiar and familiar things new
Editors never buy manuscripts that are left on the closet shelf at home.
Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing.
Don't be dismayed by the opinions of editors, or critics. They are only the traffic cops of the arts.
When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends.
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