I was a reader. I loved reading. Reading things gave me pleasure. I was very good at most subjects in school, not… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
For the speedy reader paragraphs become a country the eye flies over looking for landmarks, reference points, airports, restrooms, passages of sex. — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
In his exciting debut novel, Jerel Law transports readers to a place where supernatural forces of good and evil collide. Young readers… — Robert Whitlow Copy Share Image
As writers we must, from our very opening sentence, speak with authority to our readers. — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
Pickover's lively, provocative travel guide takes readers into the fascinating realm of mystic math, from perfectly strange numbers to fractured geometries and… — Ivars Peterson Copy Share Image
The one thing a lifetime in the newspaper business teaches you is pace - you spend all your time trying to make… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
I think in space or music or art or literature of any kind there has to be some kind of void where… — Jonathan Meades Copy Share Image
I think that setting a novel in a small town taps into a sense of nostalgia among readers. People tend to believe… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
If my setting is new to a reader, or the concerns of the novel are new, I hope they will learn something… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
In general, teaching writing makes me a far better reader because there's so many ways to write a good sentence or a… — Leni Zumas Copy Share Image
I'm probably the most loquacious author when it comes to my dedications. The reason is there is some symbolism there. I've been… — Karen Kingsbury Copy Share Image
I like to believe, as a writer, that anybody who isn't a reader yet has just not found the right book. — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
Normally writers do not talk much,because they are saving their conversations for the readers of their book- those invisible listeners with whom… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
The BBC's aim, along with schools, libraries and literacy groups, to involve more people in reading groups is an exciting idea and… — Tessa Jowell Copy Share Image
We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for… — Quintilian Copy Share Image
I dislike literary jargon and never use it. Criticism has only one function and that is to help readers read and understand… — Anne Stevenson Copy Share Image
The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader. That's why we go to movies and say,… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I know that some books and some writers, you can pretty much draw a square around it and say, 'Nobody under 40,'… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Ahhh, my winter cozy woosah place to re-craft brain-cell recharge, and recreate; for the author & reader community...that place is a bookstore,… — Tracey Bond Copy Share Image
Unlike most readers in Antiquity who read their books aloud, we have developed the convention of reading silently. This lets us read… — Jaroslav Pelikan Copy Share Image
I have to be careful. My readers are very detail-oriented, and if I make a mistake they'll call me on it. — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Most chess books only sell a few thousand copies, and a book titled something like "Women in Chess" would sell even fewer.… — Jennifer Shahade Copy Share Image
You must find some way to elevate your act of writing into an entertainment. Usually this means giving the reader an enjoyable… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
Have you ever found your heart's desire and then lost it? I had seen myself, a portrait of myself as a reader.… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
