There will always be non-readers, bad readers, lazy readers - there always were. — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
To me there's no difference between writing YA and adult except that in YA I make the book a little shorter and… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
As the work progresses the careful reader will insert mental interrogation points here and there. He will find that his interest increases… — John Bates Clark Copy Share Image
One of the most frequent responses I get from non-Christian readers is: 'I'm not sure I agree with all this, but I… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
But if writing about people who are not yourself is illegitimate, then the only legitimate work is autobiography; and as a reader… — Katherine Boo Copy Share Image
Good advertising should give the reader essential facts about the product or company advertised and should do so engagingly without trickery or… — Leo Burnett Copy Share Image
With a novel, you have to have a story. It's much more important to have it matter to the reader what happens… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
As a man may be eating all day, and for want of digestion is never nourished, so these endless readers may cram… — Isaac Watts Copy Share Image
Literary texts do not exist on bookshelves: they are processes of signification materialized only in the practice of reading. For literature to… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
I want to write books that can be read a hundred years from now, and readers wouldn't be bogged down by irrelevant… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
I am a slow reader, and fast eater; I wish it were the other way around. — Amy Krouse Rosenthal Copy Share Image
Few novels truly deserve the description 'rollicking' in the way Mary Novik's Conceit does. A hearty, boiling stew of a novel, served… — Gail Anderson-Dargatz Copy Share Image
The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole Life to reading my works. — James Joyce Copy Share Image
I beg the reader not to go in search of messages. It is a term that I detest because it distresses me… — Primo Levi Copy Share Image
Reading was such an enrichment of my life. And it was that pleasure that I had as a very young reader probably… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
I'm not sure the risks I take are any different from what other writers take, since we all serve at the pleasure… — Stewart O'Nan Copy Share Image
I struggle with confidence, every time. I’m never completely sure I can write another book. Maybe my scope is too grand, my… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
That's what I want as a reader - I want to be confident that the book will do its job. — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
Our job is not to amuse our readers. Our mission is to stir them, inform and inflame them. Our task is to… — Tony Auth Copy Share Image
My relationship with my readers is somewhat theatrical. One of the main things I try to do in my work is delight… — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
Never, ever underestimate your readers. Everything you do registers. — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
I beg my reader to consider the "evidence" I provide for my case and perhaps feel persuaded as a result. Beyond that… — Paul Fry Copy Share Image
A large part of academic community is unthinkingly self-involved, producing reams of sterile writing - often consuming unbelievable amounts of public funds… — Gotz Aly Copy Share Image
