...Quotes on Reading, Writing @ Literature...

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“I don't have a favorite book. I have hundreds.”

― John Green

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“If you read a lot, you will know a lot.”

― Michael Ender

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“Writing is a bittersweet addiction. The more it drains you; the more replenished you feel, and you crave it even more.”

― Anthea Syrokou

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“Every book has to wait for the right time to be read and understood.”

― Kamand Kojouri

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“Literature that awakens and inflames feelings is the food of hearts.”

― Ahmed Mayouf

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“Writing poems
is simply an excuse
to remember You.”

― Kamand Kojouri

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“I think part of why I have so many books around me and why I read every day is because I mythologize the writer. I don’t do that with any other artists.”

― Philip Seymour Hoffman

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“He who writes to his beloved every day is not a lover, but a writer.”

― Dr. Kyaciss Pfiell

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“Be a good reader first, if you wish to become a good writer.”

― Pawan Mishra

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“Writing a story is like going on a date—you will spoil it if you aren't living in the moment.”

― Pawan Mishra

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“It is not enough for the hand to touch a book and turn its pages. The pages of a book must touch the heart.”

― J.E.B. Spredemann

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“The good writing ideas don’t have to be about political turmoil, mass killings, capitalism, racism, injustice, etc. Find that one idea that has deep roots in your heart.”

― Pawan Mishra

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“Create a world in front of your readers where they can taste, smell, touch, hear, see, and move. Else they are likely going to move on to another book.”

― Pawan Mishra

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“Turn those deep feelings and obsessions of your heart into captivating pieces of literature.”

― Pawan Mishra

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“If you think there is no time to write now, there would never be.”

― Pawan Mishra

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“A writer can do without food for a few hours, but not without the sight of books.”

― Pawan Mishra

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“As you become a better writer, the writing becomes more difficult. You toil harder to tell a story in a lesser number of words.”

― Pawan Mishra

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“Cliches are the viruses that infect your writing with diseases.”

― Pawan Mishra

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“It is a dangerous thing to substitute reading or writing for living. Live first, then write.”

― Kamand Kojouri

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“The core – and perhaps unexpected – thing that books do for us is simplify. It sounds odd, because we think of literature as sophisticated. But there are powerful ways in which books organise, and clarify our concerns – and in this sense simplify.”

― Alain de Botton