The birth of the reader must be at the cost of the death of the Author. — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question, — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
I'm also looking for gems that the average reader might have missed. — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
Being a writer can be isolating. It's good to be among readers and booksellers. — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
To me, the print business model is so simple, where readers pay a dollar for all the content within, and that supports… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
You can't help putting a lot of yourself into the image and when it's printed the reader can spend hours getting it… — Francoise Mouly Copy Share Image
“Reading is the life-saving water for our minds. Drink pure words as much as you need and remain alive!” — Munia Khan Copy Share Image
It's not the writer who determines how good she is anyway. Writers don't determine that. It's readers who determine that. — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
I've come to accept who my readers turn out to be, rather than having some sort of demographic target. — Simon Winchester Copy Share Image
In any event, it's not exactly a secret to regular readers what my views on the war are — Garry Trudeau Copy Share Image
Who knows why some words ignite the hearts of some readers while others are like wet matches that won't light. — Phil Cousineau Copy Share Image
Art, it seems to me, should simplify finding what conventions of form and what detail one can do without and yet preserve… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
Then basically what was happening was that it was the middle '80s, and Rolling Stone realized that a lot of their readers… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
If you put a pink cover on something, critics make a certain set of assumptions and may not even read the book.… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
I just hope that readers and publishers continue to appreciate good writing and good storytelling in all their various forms. And I… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
“Though the immediate impression of rebellion may obscure the fact, the task of authentic literature is nevertheless only conceivable in terms of… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
It's always hard when you're playing someone for a lot of people out there who are going to see the movie after… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
I believe the most intricate plot won't matter much to readers if they don't care about the characters, especially in a series.… — Jeff Abbott Copy Share Image
Do not tell me what to do, tell me what you do. Do not tell me what is good for me, tell… — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
As a reader I feel included a lot in Julie Carr’s hard and beautiful book. I can pretty much hear its author… — Eileen Myles Copy Share Image
We wanted to describe society from our Left point of view. Per had written political books, but they'd only sold 300 copies.… — Maj Sjowall Copy Share Image
For anyone who conceives literature in terms of plurality of perspectives, Finnegans Wake has to be the apogee. For, as we are… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
One of the greatest sins in any story is false suspense. The kind of 'suspense' that disintegrates the moment you give your… — Mark Waid Copy Share Image
With The Reader, I'd just be shattered at the end of every day really. I wouldn't really want to talk. We kept… — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
Once, in my father's bookshop, I heard a regular customer say that few things leave a deeper mark on a reader than… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon 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
But the tale or narrative set in the past may have its particular time-free value; and the candid reader will not misunderstand… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
Libraries made me - as a reader, as a writer, and as a human being. — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
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