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Worth Reading Quotes

Into the paradise of euphony, the good poet must introduce hell. Broken paradises are the only kind worth reading Picture Quote #1

A man is like a novel: until the very last page you don’t know how it will end. Otherwise it wouldn’t be worth reading Picture Quote #1

Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others Picture Quote #1

Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired Picture Quote #1

None of [the books are] worth reading. There are no fairy tales, no faerie tails, no sword - swinging princesses or lightning - throwing gods Picture Quote #1

A modern philosopher who has never once suspected himself of being a charlatan must be such a shallow mind that his work is probably not worth reading Picture Quote #1

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Don’t write for money. Write because you love to do something. If you write for money, you won’t write anything worth reading Picture Quote #1

No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond Picture Quote #1

Books worth reading once are worth reading twice; and what is most important of all, the masterpieces of literature are worth reading a thousand times Picture Quote #1

I entered a poem in a poetry contest around 1987, and the poem won and I received $1,000 for it. That made me realize that maybe what I was writing was worth reading to people. After that, for some reason, I turned to novels and I’ve written mainly novels ever since Picture Quote #1

If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing Picture Quote #1

I don’t read anything anymore. I don’t have the eyesight. I read my own copy, that’s all. I think I’ve read everything that’s worth reading Picture Quote #1

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If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing Picture Quote #1

People have pointed out evidences of personal feeling in my notices as if they were accusing me of a misdemeanor, not knowing that criticism written without personal feeling is not worth reading. It is the capacity for making good or bad art a personal matter that makes a man a critic Picture Quote #1

Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading Picture Quote #1

I do not know whether you are fond of chemical reading. There are some things in this science worth reading Picture Quote #1

If you want your name to be remembered after your death either do something worth writing or write some thing worth reading Picture Quote #1

Essayists, like poets, are born and not made, and for one worth remembering, the world is confronted with a hundred not worth reading. Your true essayist is, in a literary sense, the friend of everybody Picture Quote #1

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Ultimately the first, best step in getting your work noticed is to write good work. If people don’t engage in your writing, no amount of serialization or free downloads is going to matter. You have to write something worth reading, and often it takes time to get at that level Picture Quote #1

Writing is a solitary pursuit and I think you have to be partially at peace with yourself, but it’s the other part that’s usually producing the stuff worth reading Picture Quote #1

Of books in our time the variety is so voluminous, and they follow so fast from the press, that one must be a swift reader to acquaint himself even with their titles, and wise to discern what are worth reading Picture Quote #1

The publishing industry, unsurprisingly, is full of different people who love different things and express that love in different languages. Find the people, the editors and agents, with whom you share some language, and some sense of what makes literature worth reading Picture Quote #1

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Into the paradise of euphony, the good poet must introduce hell. Broken paradises are the only kind worth reading (Worth Reading Quotes) A man is like a novel: until the very last page you don’t know how it will end. Otherwise it wouldn’t be worth reading (Worth Reading Quotes) Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others (Worth Reading Quotes) Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired (Worth Reading Quotes) None of [the books are] worth reading. There are no fairy tales, no faerie tails, no sword - swinging princesses or lightning - throwing gods (Worth Reading Quotes) A modern philosopher who has never once suspected himself of being a charlatan must be such a shallow mind that his work is probably not worth reading (Worth Reading Quotes) Don’t write for money. Write because you love to do something. If you write for money, you won’t write anything worth reading (Worth Reading Quotes) No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond (Worth Reading Quotes) Books worth reading once are worth reading twice; and what is most important of all, the masterpieces of literature are worth reading a thousand times (Worth Reading Quotes) I entered a poem in a poetry contest around 1987, and the poem won and I received $1,000 for it. That made me realize that maybe what I was writing was worth reading to people. After that, for some reason, I turned to novels and I’ve written mainly novels ever since (Worth Reading Quotes) If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing (Worth Reading Quotes) I don’t read anything anymore. I don’t have the eyesight. I read my own copy, that’s all. I think I’ve read everything that’s worth reading (Worth Reading Quotes) If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing (Worth Reading Quotes) People have pointed out evidences of personal feeling in my notices as if they were accusing me of a misdemeanor, not knowing that criticism written without personal feeling is not worth reading. It is the capacity for making good or bad art a personal matter that makes a man a critic (Worth Reading Quotes) Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading (Worth Reading Quotes) I do not know whether you are fond of chemical reading. There are some things in this science worth reading (Worth Reading Quotes) If you want your name to be remembered after your death either do something worth writing or write some thing worth reading (Worth Reading Quotes) Essayists, like poets, are born and not made, and for one worth remembering, the world is confronted with a hundred not worth reading. Your true essayist is, in a literary sense, the friend of everybody (Worth Reading Quotes) Ultimately the first, best step in getting your work noticed is to write good work. If people don’t engage in your writing, no amount of serialization or free downloads is going to matter. You have to write something worth reading, and often it takes time to get at that level (Worth Reading Quotes) Writing is a solitary pursuit and I think you have to be partially at peace with yourself, but it’s the other part that’s usually producing the stuff worth reading (Worth Reading Quotes) Of books in our time the variety is so voluminous, and they follow so fast from the press, that one must be a swift reader to acquaint himself even with their titles, and wise to discern what are worth reading (Worth Reading Quotes) The publishing industry, unsurprisingly, is full of different people who love different things and express that love in different languages. Find the people, the editors and agents, with whom you share some language, and some sense of what makes literature worth reading (Worth Reading Quotes)

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