“A writer should be read, not seen, as they seldom are a joy to the eye.”
“Writers should be read, but neither seen nor heard.”
“By being seldom seen, I could not stir,But, like a comet, I was wondered at...He was but as the cuckoo is in June, Heard, not regarded--seen, but with such eyes,As, sick and blunted with community, Afford no extraordinary gaze.”
“A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.”
“She thought a writer should work harder writing a book than she did reading it.”
“A writer should read until he is filled to the brim and like a pitcher which is over-filled over flows. And then he should write.”