“When I sit down to write a book, I do not say to myself, ‘I am going to produce a work of art.’ I write it because there is some lie that I want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention, and my initial concern is to get a hearing.” – George Orwell #writing

“You must write every single day of your life... You must lurk in libraries and climb the stacks like ladders to sniff books like perfumes... may you be in love every day for the next 20,000 days. And out of that love, remake a world.” ― Ray Bradbury #writing #writerslife

“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” ― Stephen King #writing #writerslife

“Write every day, line by line, page by page, hour by hour. Do this despite fear. For above all else, beyond imagination and skill, what the world asks of you is courage, courage to risk rejection, ridicule and failure.” ― Robert McKee #writing #writerslife

“You can approach the act of writing with nervousness, excitement, hopefulness, or despair ... Come to it any way but lightly.” ― Stephen King #writing

“Writing is hard work. But if you want to become a writer you will become one. Nothing will stop you.” ― Dorothy Day #writing

“In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.” — Mortimer J. Adler #reading #books #writerslife

“There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair.” ― Haruki Murakami #writing #writerslife

“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” – Charles William Elliot #books #reading #writerslife

“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.” ― Oscar Wilde #reading #writerslife

“When I sit down to write a book, I do not say to myself, ‘I am going to produce a work of art.’ I write it because there is some lie that I want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention, and my initial concern is to get a hearing.” ― George Orwell #writing

“One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others' minds.” ― Alfred Kazin #writing #writerslife

“The good, the admirable reader identifies himself not with the boy or the girl in the book, but with the mind that conceived and composed that book.” ― Vladimir Nabokov #reading #writerslife

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” ― C.S. Lewis #writing #writerslife

“Books and doors are the same thing. You open them, and you go through into another world.” — Jeanette Winterson #writerslife #reading

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“When I sit down to write a book, I do not say to myself, ‘I am going to produce a work of art.’ I write it because there is some lie that I want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention, and my initial concern is to get a hearing.” – George Orwell #writing

“Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.” ― Sir Francis Bacon #writerslife #reading

“Be passionate about what you write, believe in your ability to convey timeless ideas, and let no one tell you what what you're capable of.” ― Christina Westover #writing #reading

“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.” ― William Styron #writing #writerslife