The papers are only going to show what they want the readers to see. It's all propaganda, to be honest. — Dionne Bromfield Copy Share Image
For years, we in publishing have been hearing from Catholic readers that they really yearn for Catholic fiction. — Regina Doman Copy Share Image
“Books were something that happened to readers. Readers were the victims of books.” — Holly Black Copy Share Image
There are an awful lot of readers who won't pick up a book if they think it's got anything horrific in it,… — Peter James Copy Share Image
If You don't give readers what they want, they'll be mad at you. If you give them what they do want, they'll… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Why should I give my Readers bad lines of my own when good ones of other People's are so plenty? — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
We don't need to dumb down our stuff. And it's important to know how far we can push readers. — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
In the first person, the readers feel smart, like it's them solving the case. — Patricia Cornwell Copy Share Image
In practice, the copyright system does a bad job of supporting authors, aside from the most popular ones. Other authors' principal interest… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
'StrengthsFinder 2.0' is an effort to get the core message and language out to a much broader audience. We had no idea… — Tom Rath Copy Share Image
The more of my readers I encounter who say, often apologetically, that they are actually listeners, the more I write for the… — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
I meet a lot of readers who first encountered my work in school. And I can only assume there is another group… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“The effect your readers want is for what they read to trigger in them the sights and sounds and smells of what's… — Ray Rhamey Copy Share Image
I like art that trusts its audience, that's written for readers who like to work hard. I like art that knows its… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
Writing is a way of living. It doesn't quite matter that there are too many books for the number of readers in… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
Many readers fail to realize this, but 'The Color Purple' is a theological text. It is about the reclamation of one's original… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
My own experience with being interviewed is mixed. I suppose they're a part of my job, and as I would like readers… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
“They were readers for whom literature was a drug, each complex plot line delivering a new high, suspending them above reality, allowing… — Gloria Goldreich Copy Share Image
In the old fairy tales, often a 'moral' was tacked on at the end of the story - say, if a book… — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
“I am Orafoura, but you can call me Jarod Kintz. I’m fairly proud to proclaim that Dora J. Arod has me on… — Orafoura Copy Share Image
“One of the results of this self-examination — for that is what the writing of this book amounts to — is the… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
Unbeknownst to me, two readers of the posts, both published authors, contacted their agent, Bill Jensen, within 24 hours of each other,… — Ann Voskamp Copy Share Image
There are a few 'Raw Shark Texts' tattoos floating around the Internet now, so I'm gathering them up to post on my… — Steven Hall Copy Share Image
In the post-Watergate atmosphere of 1975 and 1976, the just-plain-folks personalities of both Ford and Carter seemed the perfect antidote to Nixon's… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
Correction of Earlier Entry: 8/01/12We read over the shoulders of giants; books place us in dialogue not just with an author but… — Leah Price Copy Share Image
Librarians have always stood up for writers and readers in every kind of community across this country. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I love slow readers. And readers who think about what I've written, think about how it's written - and copy me! — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
Readers are very, very savvy, and I don't want to insult them by making them think I'm too lazy to get it… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“And she is the reader who browses the shelf and looks for new worlds but finds herself.” — Laura Purdie Salas Copy Share Image
Ive gotten to know a number of readers from being online, and really treasure the time Ive spent with them. — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
Some readers took 'Heaven's My Destination' as a satire on Christianity and the Midwest, but today it reads like a loving comedy. — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
Through my writing Im gonna changing the world, just when I find special readers !! — Alyaa Copy Share Image
I love being in touch with my readers and fellow writers! It's just amazing to have such access to people. — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
Readers want what is important to be clearly laid out; they will not read what is too troublesome. — Jan Tschichold Copy Share Image
Readers are made by readers - it is so obvious it is almost banal to say it. — Aidan Chambers Copy Share Image
..books look as if they contain knowledge, while e-readers look as if they contain information. — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
“The death of a billionaire is worth more to the media than the lives of a billion poor people.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Many readers know my work first through 'Housekeeping,' simply because it was my only novel for a pretty long time. — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
My readers are 90 percent gay, and it's who I write for. I am not here to entertain straight people. — Sarah Schulman Copy Share Image
Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
