The document contains inspiring quotes from famous authors about reading and writing. William Faulkner encourages readers to read widely, including both classics and trash, in order to study different writing styles. Toni Morrison advises that if a book hasn't been written yet that interests you, you should write it yourself. Ernest Hemingway acknowledges that the first draft of anything is usually not very good.

1. I N S P I R I N G Q U OT E S F RO M
FA M O U S AU T H O R S
C R E AT E D B Y E D I TA K AY E

2. “ R E A D , R E A D, R E A D. R E A D E V E RY T H I N G — T R A S H ,
C L A S S I C S , G O O D A N D BA D, A N D S E E H OW T H E Y D O I T. J U S T
L I K E A C A R P E N T E R W H O WO R K S A S A N A P P R E N T I C E A N D
S T U D I E S T H E M A S T E R . R E A D ! ”
- W I L L I A M FAU L K N E R

3. “Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me
the glint of light on broken glass.”
-Anton Chekhov

4. “ I F T H E R E ’ S A B O O K T H AT YO U W A N T TO R E A D,
BU T I T H A S N ’ T B E E N W R I T T E N Y E T, T H E N YO U
M U S T W R I T E I T. ”
- TO N I M O R R I S O N

5. “Easy reading is damn hard writing.”
-Nathaniel Hawthorne

6. “The first draft of anything is shit.”
-Ernest Hemingway

7. “As a writer, you ask yourself to
dream while awake.”
-Aimee Bender

8. “Good books don't give up all their
secrets at once”
-Stephen King

9. “I don’t care if a reader
hates one of my stories,
just as long as he finishes
the book.”
—Roald Dahl