“A writer is a reader who is moved to emulation.”
“A writer is a reader moved to emulation.”
“A writer fails, not when a reader is not moved; but when, as a reader, the writer is not moved.”
“Never write anything that does not move you or give you pleasure. Emotion is then transferred from the writer to the reader.”
“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.”
“A writer is nothing without a reader; a reader is nothing without a writer.”