In presenting a mathematical argument the great thing is to give the educated reader the chance to catch on at once to… — John Edensor Littlewood Copy Share Image
I admit that these terms and the diagrams connected with them repel some readers, and fill others with the vain imagination that… — Alfred Marshall Copy Share Image
I don't care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“But the secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components. Every words that serves no function, every… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
Nearly all the writing of our time is likely to disappear in a hundred years. Certainly most readers - and nearly all… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
There is a certain aesthetic pleasure in trying to imagine the unimaginable and failing, if you are a reader. — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
If we weigh the significance of a book by the effect it has on its readers, then the great children's books suddenly… — Laura Miller Copy Share Image
The book it reminded me of most is Henry Miller’s The Books in My Life. Like Miller, Shields manages to convey his… — Andre Alexis Copy Share Image
There is sometimes a feeling in crime fiction that good writing gets in the way of story. I have never felt that… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
3 people get stranded on a remote Island A Banker, a Daily Mail reader & an Asylum seeker All they have to… — Christopher Brookmyre Copy Share Image
In the end I'm still a writer. I'm still a journalist, and my first responsibility is to my readers. That's where I… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
I usually write for the individual reader -though I would like to have many such readers. There are some poets who write… — Wislawa Szymborska Copy Share Image
The literature Nobel laureate of this year has said that an author can do anything as long as his readers believe him.A… — Sune Bergstrom Copy Share Image
And if the reader has no taste for what he reads, all the time is wasted — Lin Yutang Copy Share Image
Readers take in dialogue one thought at a time. A frequent mistake of beginners is to combine thoughts, which may be suitable… — Sol Stein Copy Share Image
I thought if I was open and honest, it would help the reader to get open and honest, and they also would… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
In my books and in romance as a genre, there is a positive, uplifting feeling that leaves the reader with a sense… — Debbie Macomber Copy Share Image
J. Budziszewski is perhaps the clearest and most eloquent natural lawyer writing today. When reading his works I often find myself amazed… — Francis J. Beckwith Copy Share Image
Real writers-that is, capital W Writers-rarely make much money. Their biggest reward is the occasional reader's response.... Commentators-in-print voicing big fat opinions-you… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
So if there was a way that I knew something about my character's desires or the things that they were resisting because… — Molly Antopol Copy Share Image
