For me, an ideal novel is a dialogue between writer and reader, both a collaborative experience and an intimate exchange of emotions… — Jonathan Evison Copy Share Image
And okay, fair enough, but there is this unwritten contract between author and reader and I think not ending your book kind… — John Green Copy Share Image
If I'm doing my job correctly, I'm presenting a scenario for you as the reader to engage with on your own. I… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
Well, it's a humor strip, so my first responsibility has always been to entertain the reader... But if, in addition, I can… — Garry Trudeau Copy Share Image
It surprises me constantly that my sometimes-unorthodox approach has such a large following, but I'm very grateful to my readers for allowing… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
From where I sit, battles are hard. I've written my share. Sometimes I employ the private's viewpoint, very up close and personal,… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
It is not a very difficult task to make what is commonly called an amusing book of travels. Any one who will… — James Fenimore Cooper Copy Share Image
As I see it, my job as a writer isn't to judge, but to take a reader as far inside as I… — Adam Haslett 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
I didn't think of the narrative as making a judgment. It didn't occur to me the reader would either, but that doesn't… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
Lots of kids, including my son, have trouble making the leap from reading words or a few sentences in picture books to… — Rhea Perlman Copy Share Image
For every SF reader of that period, Robert A. Heinlein was also a touchstone. — Walter Jon Williams Copy Share Image
A book is a human fact; a great book like Seraphita gathers together numerous psychological elements. These elements become coherent through a… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
I believe young children in particular enjoy witnessing the survival of youthful protagonists against terrible odds. I think it's gratifying to the… — Robert Paul Weston Copy Share Image
I always have one or two, sometimes more, Navajo or other tribes' cultural elements in mind when I start a plot. In… — Tony Hillerman Copy Share Image
I probably coughed self-pityingly in response, little aware that I was about to cross a tremendous threshold beyond which there would be… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
Labels don't mean much to me one way or another -- except when they close the minds of potential readers. I'd much… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Maggie Shipstead takes hold of the reader and doesn't let go. Astonish Me is a haunting, powerful novel. — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
Except that awards are competitive, which is a negative thing, they are wonderful for singling out deserving individuals and bringing their work… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles. — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
I grew up reading crime fiction mysteries, true crime - a lot of true crime - and it is traditionally a male… — Megan Abbott Copy Share Image
Learn punctuation; it is your little drum set, one of the few tools oyu have to signal the reader where the beats… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
I'm definitely excited by big ideas, both in what I write and what I read. Most days, reality is so mind-numbingly dull… — Ron Currie Jr Copy Share Image
