You can't be a writer if you're not a reader. It's the great writers who teach us how to write.
In plain words
Reading lots of books is how you learn to write your own.
Where these words come from
- 82% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- From L'Engle's essay collection Penguins and Golden Calves (2003).
