I don't want my readers slowed down by long passages of narrative. — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
The writer is always tricking the reader into listening to their dream. — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
Listen to the criticisms and preferences of your trusted "first readers". — Rose Tremain Copy Share Image
Unless you're a terribly bad writer, you are never going to have too many readers. — Andrew Wylie Copy Share Image
The writer, as I see it, has the right of way, so it's up to the reader to look out. — Gary Lutz Copy Share Image
Would you buy a book proudly stating on the cover that its reader is a dummy? Or would you think "of course… — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
As a reader, I tend not to get too much from tales of unrelenting grimness. — Greg van Eekhout Copy Share Image
Remember, if you don't feel passionate about the characters and subject of your story, your readers won't either. — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
Becoming a reader grows our horizons, our appetite for the good, the true and the beautiful, and our empathy. — Ben Sasse Copy Share Image
A piece of writing has to seduce the reader; it has to suspend disbelief and earn the reader's trust. — Po Bronson Copy Share Image
Wildly original, brilliantly comic, brutally gruesome, it is a dazzling performance that will probably outrage nearly as many readers as it delights. — Orville Prescott Copy Share Image
It’s as much a writer’s concern, who is responsible to his readers for all the books written before him as well as… — Ilya Ehrenburg Copy Share Image
In my opinion, trying to guess what readers want is the wrong approach. You have to tell your story as best you… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
Affect, Imagery, Consciousness, a four-volume work so dense that its readers were evenly divided between those who understood it and thought it… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
You can’t know, sweetie, because you’ve never had a baby become a brilliant young reader with a side interest in horrible television… — John Green Copy Share Image
How a piece ends is very important to me. It's the last chance to leave an impression with the reader, the last… — S. E. Hinton Copy Share Image
A dislike button especially after the quote doesnt mean the lack of thinking of its writer but it probably describes the ignorance… — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
My readers are as diverse as any group you will ever see. Something that booksellers always tell me. That they are always… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I think [testing] has had a profoundly problematic impact on student learning. It must seem to students that their worth as individuals… — Carol Ann Tomlinson Copy Share Image
You can write a 1st paragraph that continues the same thought you expressed in your headline. If you stop a reader with… — John Caples Copy Share Image
I imagine you will always be pinched for money, for time, for a place to work. But I think you will do… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
I'm not entirely sure what a historical novel absolutely has to be, but you don't want a reader who loves a very… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
Every gay reader understands the secret self that is full and wonderful and has longing and tenderness and a desire for connection… — Lynda Carter Copy Share Image
Most contemporary novels are not really "written." They obtain what reality they have largely from an accurate rendering of the noises that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I want to set up a new standard: ‘scientific journalism.’ If you publish a paper on DNA, you are required, by all… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
I was afraid the teacher was going to make me read in front of class and I was going to look bad.… — Bruce Jenner Copy Share Image
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