That's why editors and publishers will never be obsolete…

When you are out of favor, so to speak, it's not just the reviewers. It's the editors, the publishers, they don't want you anymore,…

— Frederic Tuten

When I write, I tend to be quite cut off from the world. At that point of time, I'm not thinking about editors, publishers…

— Amish Tripathi

No reader wants to sit through the same scene four times in a row, unless they're radically different.

— Celeste Ng

“That brings me to the real reason for the title: Where does that which happens during reading a book take place? (...) Does not…

— Michael Ende

“Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wants to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his time.”

— E.M. Forster

“The inexperienced reader wants the essentially familiar combined with superficial novelty. Each story must have a slightly new setting or twist or "gimmick," though…

— Laurence Perrine

“The reader wants to be able to see the book as if they are watching a movie.”

— LaQuita Cameron

What reader wants to be told what attitude to strike?

— Ian Mcewan

You have very short travel blogs, and I think there's a split among travel writers: the service-oriented writers will say, 'Well, the reader wants…

— Tim Cahill

The reader wants to see something happen between pages one and four hundred, and nothing happens if the characters don't change.

— Terry Brooks

The only pressure I feel is to write good books. And to not replicate the previous book. Whether you have a thousand readers or…

— Jo Nesbo

Lansens is a willing storyteller… As a writer, she desires a particular kind of reader, one who wants above all to be transported--who might…

— Noah Richler

Publishers have in-house editors, but I hire my own before I submit the work to publishers. They appreciate it and I feel more confident…

— Rigoberto Gonzalez

I believe that all brands will become storytellers, editors and publishers, all stores will become magazines, and all media companies will become stores. There…

— Natalie Massenet

My books have been translated into various languages and sold in other countries, but I never have any contact with the foreign publishers and…

— Sara Zarr