Reading Vs Writing Quotes

What is twice read is commonly better remembered that what is transcribed.

After all, reading is arguably a far more creative and imaginative process than writing; when the reader creates emotion in their head, or the colors of the sky during the setting sun, or the smell of a warm summer's breeze on their face, they should reserve as much praise for themselves as they do for the writer - perhaps more.

I'm probably the only bestselling author you know who's written more books than she's read.

Sparky's the only guy I know who's written more books than he's read.

I have never written a book that didn't teach me far more than it taught my reader.

As much fun as it is to read a book, writing a book is one level deeper than that.

I prefer reading to writing. Reading changes your world view. Writing changes absolutely nothing. Except, of course, when it makes you rich.

It is fascinating to read a book by an author who has written more books than he has read.

The power of a text when it is read is different from the power it has when it is copied out. Only the copied text thus commands the soul of him who is occupied with it, whereas the mere reader never discovers the new aspects of his inner self that are opened by the text, that road cut through the interior jungle forever closing behind it: because the reader follows the movement of his mind in the free flight of day-dreaming, whereas the copier submits it to command.