There is no ideal length, but you develop a little interior gauge that tells you whether or not you're supporting the house… — John Jeremiah Sullivan Copy Share Image
And so, when I was a young writer I always worked hard on imagery, and I knew that the roots of imagery… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
To me, one of the greatest triumphs in doing a book is to tell the story as simply as possible. My aim… — Ezra Jack Keats Copy Share Image
Mainly, I try not to think about my readers as I write - I just think of my characters and myself -… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
If in the well and truly made martini DeVoto finds "water of life" and the blessing to the spirit, so also DeVoto's… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
The reader cannot see into your heart. He will know only what you tell him. Make the blind see your words. Make… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Your readers should be so compelled to read your copy that they cannot stop reading until they read all of it as… — Joseph Sugarman Copy Share Image
Mêmewars is electricity in language, eccentricity at its best where 'there's a profusion of presents.' This book makes eye contact with she… — Nicole Brossard Copy Share Image
Writing in a nuanced way, getting at all the details in a way that remains interesting for the reader, is very difficult. — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
I like to think that each book I start is a completely new departure But I’ve learned that whatever you do, readers… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
Many of us write because we are readers and have grown up in a long tradition, and we want to be able… — Rosellen Brown Copy Share Image
“I am more optimistic, both about reading and about books. There will always be non-readers, bad readers, lazy readers – there always… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
It should come as no surprise to readers of the MAPS Bulletin that psychedelic plants are used as a sacrament by many… — Rick Doblin Copy Share Image
At 'GQ,' there was never a temptation to pander or preach to the choir because I had no concept of who the… — John Jeremiah Sullivan Copy Share Image
I try to write in plain brown blocks of American speech but occasionally set in an ancient word or a strange word… — James Laughlin Copy Share Image
There is something in us, as storytellers and as listeners to stories, that demands the redemptive act, that demands that what falls… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
I can't imagine how American readers will react to a novel, but if the story is appealing it doesn't matter much if… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
You can't imagine how gratifying it is to have a reader come up to you and say, 'You changed my life.' — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
A romance novel should leave readers joyous. My books all have happy endings. — Judith McNaught Copy Share Image
“I have shown in all the foregoing parts of this work that the Bible and Testament are impositions and forgeries; and I… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
If only you’d remember before ever you sit down to write that you’ve been a reader long before you were ever a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The prosperity of a book lies in the minds of readers. Public knowledge and public taste fluctuate; and there come times when… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
Readers, transformed by film and TV, are used to seeing stories. The reading experience . . . is increasingly visual. — Sol Stein Copy Share Image
