A common quality I see of people who are successful is that they are voracious readers. — Matt Mullenweg Copy Share Image
Young readers can sense when you're not addressing what's actually going on. — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share Image
I was the basest of readers. All I wanted was my own world, and myself in it, given back to me in… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
“When reading a book, you are sold what some writer thought. When reading a newspaper, you are sold what someone did, and,… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I do bookstore signings, and it seems to me that I get a variety of men and women, more women than I'd… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
Like all readers, I want my limits to be drawn by my own sensibilities, not by my melanin count. — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
But if we have people who have the power to tell a story, there will always be readers. — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
“The fact of the matter is that readers and audiences are never blank slates: individuals see in a work whatever they need… — Christopher Bram Copy Share Image
If I use the word 'khichdi' in my novel, I don't have to get into the trouble of explaining that it is… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
You can't visit readers where you think they are. You have to invite them home to where you are and try to… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
My strips are not always funny, and they can be pretty grim at times, and I know I lose readers because of… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I like to imagine the perfect reader - the reader who not just understands what I am about, but soaks up… — Paul Lynch Copy Share Image
My platform has been to reach reluctant readers. And one of the best ways I found to motivate them is to connect… — Jon Scieszka Copy Share Image
Magazines are about trust and partnership: We, the editors, will strive always to keep you engaged; you, the readers, are free to… — Stefano Tonchi Copy Share Image
The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by 500 readers, or by five hundred thousand;… — Brooks Adams Copy Share Image
I believe in books that do not go to a ready-made public. I'm looking for readers I would like to make. To… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
“The hard fact is that writing is available to readers because of market factors as much as particular writing talent.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I have this belief that children become readers before they can read. They become hooked on books because they were read aloud… — Jacqueline Wilson Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Books gnaw at me from around the edges of my life, demanding more time and attention. I am always left hungry.” — Pamela Paul Copy Share Image
'Time' is an internationalist publication catering to internationalist readers who are not only interested in their own backyard. — Bobby Ghosh Copy Share Image
The readers are very similar. The books they know, the questions they ask, the characters they like. That is similar. — Gabriel Ba Copy Share Image
To be a writer, you must be a reader, yet as many as 30 per cent of my writing students were not readers. — Garry Disher Copy Share Image
“...Don't insult readers by questioning the extent of their imaginations. Most need only to be nudged to solve a good mystery.” — Peggy Kopman-Owens Copy Share Image
Ultimately, I think that the growth and sustainability of the e-book movement depends on authors and end-users (readers). — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Bloggers intent on self-expression which renders no service to readers don't get read. — Lee Gutkind Copy Share Image
Eat your heart out, Rowling. Maybe you have billions of dollars and my Hugo, but you don't have readers like these. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I never want to play down to the reader. I think readers are willing to go along if they're intrigued. — Joseph Boyden Copy Share Image
When I'm writing, I am lost in my book. Except family and close friends, I don't care about what critics, publishers or… — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
If you aren't on Goodreads, you should be. I've said it before, it's like Facebook for readers on crack. — Colleen Hoover Copy Share Image
My job is not to try to give readers what they want but to try to make readers want what I give. — China Mieville Copy Share Image
Her books were put down by most critics but readers would not put down her books. — Gene Shalit Copy Share Image
If you aren't talking to readers and letting them know you're just like them, they can lose interest. — Anna Todd Copy Share Image
My relationship with my readers is somewhat theatrical. One of the main things I try to do in my work is delight… — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
“Finding an Agent is not a problem. Finding a publisher is not a problem. Finding readers now that's a problem.” — Roy A Higgins Copy Share Image
Readers always seem to think that the author has some control over the design of their books. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It is not up to the writer to create a masterpiece. That is what readers do.” — Bart J. Gilbertson Copy Share Image
I'm just happy to have some American readers - enough that it's a viable proposition for my books to appear there. — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
I think it's important to leave spaces in a story for readers to fill in from their own experience. — Annie Proulx Copy Share Image
My mission as a writer is to give my readers hope to carry with them, and to promote a belief that they… — Wendelin Van Draanen Copy Share Image
