I wish you were a mind-reader. I want you to know…

A best friend can tell you things you don't want to tell yourself

— Anonymous

A friend can tell you things you don't want to tell yourself.

— Frances Ward Weller

A friend can tell you things you dont want to tell yourself.

— SangFroid Stalker

“There are so many things I want to tell her, so many things she doesn't know; like how I remember when she first came…

— Lauren Oliver

A best friend can tell you things you dont want to tell yourself.

— Anonymous

Listen to what your friends tell you because they can, and will always tell you the things you don't want to tell yourself.

— Anonymous

A friend can always tell you things you don't want to tell yourself.

— Mayte

I don't want you fellows sitting around asking me what to do. I want you to tell me what to do.

— George C. Marshall

Tell the story that's in your heart, and don't hold back. Write a book the reader will want to melt into.

— Susan Wiggs

I think if a book has the power to move a reader, it also has the power to offend a reader. And you want…

— Katherine Paterson

As a reader, I want a book to kidnap me into its world. Its world must make my so-called real world seem flimsy. Its…

— Erica Jong

The first rule is you have to create a reality that makes the reader want to come back and see what happens next. The…

— Chris Claremont

I want to tell a story that makes the reader always want to see what will happen next.

— Ken Follett

That's what I want as a reader - I want to be confident that the book will do its job.

— Patrick Ness

Any writer who gives a reader a pleasurable experience is doing every other writer a favor because it will make the reader want to…

— S. E. Hinton