I was a good sight reader and I could sing two or three of these jingles a day. An orchestra would come… — Valerie Simpson Copy Share Image
A man with charm is an entertaining thing, and a man with looks is, ofcourse, a sight to behold, but a man… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
For many years I thought my job was to go to places where it would be difficult for most of the readers… — Tim Cahill Copy Share Image
From journalism I learned to write under pressure, to work with deadlines, to have limited space and time, to conduct and interview,… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader. — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
For centuries poets, some poets, have tried to give a voice to the animals, and readers, some readers, have felt empathy and… — Joy Williams Copy Share Image
I would proclaim that the vast majority of what [say, Scientific American] is true-yet my ability to defend such a claim is… — Douglas Hofstadter Copy Share Image
I like to listen to music that fits with what I'm writing. For each book, I've assembled a playlist, so readers can… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“A good reader should always have two books with him: one to read, the other one to lend.” — Gabrielle Dubois Copy Share Image
Anthony Ryan is a new fantasy author destined to make his mark on the genre. His debut novel, Blood Song, certainly has… — Michael J. Sullivan Copy Share Image
I believe that any form of writing exercise is good for you. I also believe that any form of tuition which helps… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
E-readers are changing the way we read, and the author is now required to get out there and be a kind of… — Caroline Leavitt Copy Share Image
Watching a scene from a film in slow motion is possible, but there’s an unreal air to it; reading a passage from… — Lewis Buzbee Copy Share Image
Libraries have had a long history of dealing with authoritarian organizations demanding reader records - who's read what - and this has… — Brewster Kahle Copy Share Image
Dylan Landis knows how to unnerve a reader, even as she's appreciating being unnerved. Rainey Royal thrums with sex and power. A… — Mary Kay Zuravleff Copy Share Image
Many books owe their success to the good memories of their authors and the bad memories of their readers. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
I was sorry to see the News of the World go down, I think it was a great campaigning newspaper. Who can… — Stewart Lee Copy Share Image
I've been a faithful reader of the great classical documents of economics, or tried to be. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Write what you want to read. So many people think they need to write a particular kind of book, or imitate a… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I don't believe in writing anything that I don't know about or haven't researched about personally. I like to transport the reader… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
Punctuation is a fabulous tool for controlling your reader - you even get to control where they breathe. That's what I call… — Nicola Morgan Copy Share Image
“Henry was inclined to drift towards books as keenly as a duck paddles for bread crusts.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
There are infimal readers, readers who want to read the same book over and over, but will never read the same book… — Brian Stableford Copy Share Image
Probably all of us, writers and readers alike, set out into exile, or at least into a certain kind of exile, when… — Roberto Bolano Copy Share Image
