“There are some readers who have never read an essay on taste; and if they take my advice they never will, for they can no more improve their taste by so doing than they could improve their appetite or digestion by studying a cookery-book.” IfsBookStudyAdviceReaderTasteAppetiteEssaysDigestionCookeryCookery Books Book:The Doctor, Etc Source: The Doctor, Etc
“I can give advice to anyone interested in writing in one word: Read! I think it's much more important to be a reader than to be a writer!” ThinkingGivingWritingI CanImportantAdviceReaderOne Word Author:Linda Sue Park
“You make more money selling advice than following it. It's one of the things we count on in the magazine business -- along with the short memory of our readers.” MemoriesAdviceReaderFollowingSellingMagazinesMore MoneyShort Memory Author:Steve Forbes
“On the one hand, I have wanted to supply documentation on myself by including material relevant to my emotions and ideas in my youth; and, on the other, not to let myself down by publishing inferior material. My poetry comes under the latter head. My only advice to the reader is to skip any verse that he sees coming.” IdeasHandsWantedEmotionAdviceYouthMaterialsReaderIncludingLatterRelevantPublishingVersesInferiorsSkipDocumentation Author:Edmund Wilson
“Novelists may be able to seek advice from readers and editors, but in the end, it is up to them to get the book right.” MayBookEndsAbleAdviceReaderNovelistsEditors Author:Jon Weisman