Francine Prose Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• Like most-maybe all- writers, I learned to write by writing and, by example, by reading books.

  Francine Prose

  Book, Reading, Writing

  Francine Prose (2012). “Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them”, p.6, Union Books

• 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 that I might, someday, become smarter.

  Francine Prose

  Book, Reading, Might

  Francine Prose (2009). “Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them”, p.9, Harper Collins

• I can no more reread my own books than I can watch old home movies or look at snapshots of myself as a child. I wind up sitting on the floor, paralyzed by grief and nostalgia.

  Francine Prose

  Children, Grief, Book

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