Robert Frost book Collected Poems of Robert Frost
The Figure a Poem Makes (1939)
Variant: The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader.
Source: Collected Poems of Robert Frost
The Figure a Poem Makes (1939)
Robert Frost book Collected Poems of Robert Frost
The Figure a Poem Makes (1939)
Variant: The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader.
Source: Collected Poems of Robert Frost
“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader”
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist
P. L. Travers (1899–1996) Australian-British novelist, actress and journalist
As quoted in The New York Times (2 July 1978)
“Without the reader there would be no writer.”
Dermot Healy (1947–2014) Irish writer
Small talk: Dermot Healy, 2011
“A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.”
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer
Source: Works of Samuel Johnson
“Readers don’t work for writers. They work for themselves.”
Mohsin Hamid book How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
Source: How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
“Only a generation of readers will spawn a generation of writers.”
Steven Spielberg (1946) American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur
Variant: Only a generation of readers will span a generation of writers.
“The love between a writer and a reader is never celebrated.”
Patricia Duncker book Hallucinating Foucault
Source: Hallucinating Foucault