Readers Quotes · Page 19

Whatever the readers feel when they're reading my books, I feel it tenfold when I'm writing it.

— Khaled Hosseini

I've been told by readers that they love how my heroes fall in love fast, first, and with conviction.

— Sylvia Day

If we have people with the power to tell a story, there will always be readers.

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

“A writer edits his thoughts more thoroughly the more readers he has. You can tell I only have two readers, myself included.”

— Jarod Kintz

It is until you are lost into reading you will never be found among true readers.

— Jumbo Obiesia Ukot

The whole past and the whole world are alive in my heart, and I shall do my part to communicate their presence…

— George Sarton

“There is no good or bad author; there is only one kind of an author, that who connects with the readers.”

— Saru Singhal

I feel a great connection with my readers and would never want to disappoint them.

— Emily Giffin

But because we've all been readers, we know what the experience is like, and we hope that what certain writers have given…

— Wallace Shawn

Young readers are the most challenging, demanding, and rewarding of audiences. Adults often ask why I write for the younger set. My…

— Karen Hesse

I do have to earn a living, so I'm conscious of probable reactions from readers, but the most important one is still…

— Thomas Perry

“Avid readers are a breed of their own, and we’re often accused of being heady. I don’t care. I love books and…

— AnnaLisa Grant

That first meeting - the one where the hero and heroine start the slow burn that takes the whole story to turn…

— Sarah MacLean

Teenage readers also have a different relationship with the authors whose work they value than adult readers do. I loved Toni Morrison,…

— John Green

I think the further away you get from completing a book, the more responses you see to it from readers, the more…

— Joe Abercrombie

I don't like the idea of a book being a test or being used for a test. The way - in my…

— Avi

You hear all this whining going on, 'Where are our great writers?' The thing I might feel doleful about is: 'Where are…

— Gore Vidal

“As long as a reader hasn't willingly put down his book, he is a potentially dangerous individual.”

— Anonymous

That'd be just what I need: a rash of car thefts across America, committed by dedicated readers.

— James Patterson

As society diversifies, the number of people who read literature is decreasing. It will be difficult for readers to digest my ideas…

— Cao Yu

“I don't believe there are readers and non-readers; I believe there are those who've found the right books and those who haven't--yet!”

— C.C. Payne

I love doing readings. I could really give a crap about reviews. It's kind of about the readers.

— Jami Attenberg

A good story, a story resonant and remarkable, can be remade endlessly to tell new sides of itself for new generations of…

— Jean Hanff Korelitz

I'm such a huge fan of fan fiction, to me it's a great way for readers to become writers. It's like putting…

— Hugh Howey

“NEWSPAPER: What great paper is the Earth; what a typeface is the Day; what ink is the Night! – Everyone prints, everyone…

— Xavier Forneret

“If you have friends who say they don't read, you need new friends. That is my final answer.”

— Niedria Dionne Kenny

Readers travel so fast they don't stop to decipher the meaning of obscure headlines.

— David Ogilvy

I'm just trying to get kids motivated to be readers by connecting them with a book they like.

— Jon Scieszka

Perhaps there is some secret sort of homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers. How delightful if that…

— Mary Ann Shaffer

“Correction of Earlier Entry: 8/01/12 We read over the shoulders of giants; books place us in dialogue not just with an author…

— Leah Price

“Poetry is the essence of life in which twinkling lights tickle the minds of readers and take them to a world where…

— Debasish Mridha

I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.

— William Lyon Phelps

There is no shortage of wonderful writers. What we lack is a dependable mass of readers.

— Kurt Vonnegut

I think kids are incredibly savvy readers. I think we should give them all the credit in the world. They want to…

— Alan Gratz

I try to put my heart out there to everybody. They don't have to be Christian. For example, I have lots of…

— Jan Karon

“We as authors sign a pact with our readers; they'll go on reading because they trust us to play fair with them…

— Pamela Glass Kelly

Because of the nature of my brand, it's so important our readers know it really is me behind my keyboard.

— Brit Morin

I hope children will be happy with the books I've written, and go on to be readers all of their lives.

— Beverly Cleary

There are only two kinds of Wodehouse readers, those who adore him and those who have never read him.

— Richard Usborne

I think readers are just looking for things that maybe they recognize or can relate to in the books.

— Sarah Dessen