“A writer who writes more than he reads is an amateur.”— Harlan Ellison Related Quotes “One can never read too little of bad, or too much of good books: bad books are intellectual poison; they destroy the mind.In order to read what is good one must make it a condition never to read what is bad; for life is short, and both time and strength limited.”— Arthur Schopenhauer “I have good reason to be content,for thank God I can read andperhaps understand Shakespeare to his depths.”— John Keats “Once you read something, you can’t erase it from your brain.”— Lisa McMann