A book is always a dialogue with other readers and other…

Normally, I have a lot of alpha readers on my books. These are people that, once I finish a novel, I let them look…

— Brandon Sanderson

You're never alone with a book, are you? It's a dialogue.

— Jeanette Winterson

Her books were put down by most critics but readers would not put down her books.

— Gene Shalit

“One of the results of this self-examination — for that is what the writing of this book amounts to — is the confirmed belief…

— Henry Miller

I've always been drawn to writing for young readers. The books that I read growing up remain in my mind very strongly.

— Meg Wolitzer

The book is a dialogue between The Dalai Lama and a group of scientists about how we can better handle our destructive emotions and…

— Daniel Goleman

I read one book where the characters never said anything; instead, they spent all their time grunting and bleating and hissing and cooing and…

— Tana French

The early readers are in-between books for the kids who aren't ready for novels yet but are done with my picture books. It's really…

— Grace Lin

Of all the nations in the Western world, the United States, with the most money and the most time, has the fewest readers of…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

One decision I made in writing 'Henry and Clara' was that I would keep Lincoln's appearances and any dialogue by him to an absolute…

— Thomas Mallon

Readers enjoy talking about books almost as much as they like reading.

— Donalyn Miller

The comments I most appreciate come from ordinary readers who've happened on one of my books at some time of stress in their lives,…

— Fred Saberhagen

A lot of times it's the child that sees something and not the grownup. I love that because, when readers get older, they start…

— Jan Brett

Grabbing readers by the imagination is a writer's job.

— Sara Sheridan

But editors are still the world's readers. And thus the eyes of the world.

— Betsy Lerner