My favorite books are the ones that make me smile for hours after reading them. I want that for my readers, for… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
The reader must come armed , in a serious state of intellectual readiness. This is not easy because he comes to the… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
I myself, as I'm writing, don't know who did it. The readers and I are on the same ground. When I start… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I had always been an enthusiastic reader of stuff about ancient Greece. I would read Herodotus and Thucydides just for fun. — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
The first book you write because of the way it makes you feel. The second one you can't help but wonder how… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
1. Find a subject you care about. 2. Do not ramble, though. 3. Keep it simple. 4. Have the guts to cut.… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I don't think about the gender of my readers or about reader expectations. I'm frankly scared to. I figured out a long… — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
There are those hearts, reader, that never mend again once they are broken. Or if they do mend, they heal themselves in… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Despereaux marveled at his own bravery. He admired his own defiance. And then, reader, he fainted. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I'm just writing what I know. I've never been much of a reader of fantasy, and I think you write what you,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
The pleasure a reader gets is often equal to the pleasure a writer is given. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
If I can be more efficient, I'm actually being more respectful to the reader, which then implies a greater intimacy with the… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
The idea that the reader is important enough to me that I'd tailor my words to either please or offend them always… — Jim Goad Copy Share Image
I was really inspired by seeing self published zines and mini-comics: seeing someone else make work that was either really personal, or… — Liz Prince Copy Share Image
“The reader leaves his mark on the book, as the book leaves its mark on the reader.” — Gabrielle Dubois Copy Share Image
When the reader hears strong echoes of his or her own life and beliefs, he or she is apt to become more… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Whatever I do is done out of sheer joy; I drop my fruits like a ripe tree. What the general reader or… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
I concentrate on the lives of individuals whom the reader comes to know and feel with intimately. — Helen Dunmore Copy Share Image
We writers – and especially writers for children, but all writers – have an obligation to our readers: it's the obligation to… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Poems reveal secrets when they are analyzed. The poet's pleasure in finding ingenious ways to enclose her secrets should be matched by… — Diane Wakoski Copy Share Image
It really matters to writers to find and treasure readers, all the more when they're on the other side of the world. — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
I love readings and my readers, but the din of voices of the audience gives me stage fright, and the din of… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
To understand Vers libre, one must abandon all desire to find in it the even rhythm of metrical feet. One must allow… — Amy Lowell Copy Share Image
