Most writers write books that they wouldn't read. I ought to know; I've done it myself.
Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith Mohler, 1994.
-- Gore Vidal, (Oct 3 1925-2012), US novelist, dramatist, critic; He is known for his irreverent and intellectually adroit novels, e.g.,Burr, 1973 and Lincoln: A Novel, 1984.