“When you're inside your own story, you don't see things like a reader. You don't see your life in tidy paragraphs and… — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
Two kinds of reading can be distinguished. I call them reading like a reader and reading like a writer ... when you… — Frank Smith Copy Share Image
I realized early in my career that precisely what one reader doesn't like is what another reader loves. Collectively, any writer's audience… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
If the writer were more like a reader, he’d be a reader, not a writer. It’s as uncomplicated as that. — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
I would also hope that readers receive a larger understanding, or a different understanding, of what it means to be human, than… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
I actually dislike, more than many people, working through literary allusion. I just feel that there's something a bit snobbish or elitist… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
I don't plot, and I don't plan. I like to be surprised like the reader. — Joe R. Lansdale Copy Share Image
