“Read as widely and as deeply as you can. You have to be a reader before you can be a writer.”
“Read. As much as you can. As deeply and widely and nourishingly and irritatingly as you can. And the good things will make you remember them, so you won't need to take notes.”
“I think that it's only natural that readers become writers. You can only learn so much before you have to share it with others.”
“I don't think you can reach your potential as a writer unless you're a passionate reader, AND read passionately.”
“a good writer should draw the reader in by starting in the middle of the story with a hook, then go back and fill in what happened before the hook. Once you have the reader hooked, you can write whatever you want as you slowly reel them in.”
“If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.”