Quotes by Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them

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I’ve always found that the better the book I’m reading, the smarter I feel, or, at least, the more able I am to imagine — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
With so much reading ahead of you, the temptation might be to speed up. But in fact it’s essential to slow down and read — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while he reads, and 'The Au — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
[Referring to passage by Alice Munro] Finally, the passage contradicts a form of bad advice often given young writers -- — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
Reading Chekhov, I felt not happy, exactly, but as close to happiness as I knew I was likely to come. And it occurred to — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
Like seeing a photograph of yourself as a child, encountering handwriting that you know was once yours but that now seem — Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them