Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns… — Leo Rosten Copy Share Image
I have more freedom when I write fiction, but my memoirs have had a much stronger impact on my readers. Somehow the… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I have never been able to read Agatha Christie - the pleasure is purely in the puzzle, and the reader is toyed… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
I had to do things to myself on the page that had been done to me in real life. I had to… — Damian Barr Copy Share Image
My job is to form the people, the story, the sentences. Every reader will bring their own life and their own history… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
That is as true for fiction or non-fiction. The writer has to really know their subject. It is really important to remember… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
By definition, memoir demands a certain degree of introspection and self-disclosure: In order to fully engage a reader, the narrator has to… — Caroline Knapp Copy Share Image
The relationship between reader and characters is very difficult. It is even more peculiar than the relationship between the writer and his… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share Image
A reader is entitled to believe what he or she believes is consonant with the facts of the book. It is not… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
The future of publishing is about having connections to readers and the knowledge of what those readers want. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
Fantasy involves that which general opinion regards as impossible; science fiction involves that which general opinion regards as possible under the right… — Daryl Gregory Copy Share Image
If the hairs on my neck stand up while Im writing, I figure the reader will get the same kind of shock. — Andrew Pyper Copy Share Image
Mere words will not do. They must convey the color, charm, and pulse of life. They must have a private twinkle of… — Corra May Harris Copy Share Image
I have a very positive outlook on things. It's hard to predict how actual books are going to do but I'm not… — Kevin Sampsell Copy Share Image
There are so many people who don't know small towns exist. When I write, I want to give my readers two things:… — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
If you aren't on Goodreads, you should be. I've said it before, it's like Facebook for readers on crack. — Colleen Hoover Copy Share Image
After 'A Perfect Storm' came out, I heard from a young reader, who had suffered a similar background as 'Arizona,' that I… — Lori Foster Copy Share Image
For an author just starting out, you've got to deliver the goods every year or sooner or people will forget you or… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
The lead either forges an instant connection with the reader, or the package fails. — Robert Bly Copy Share Image
I must suppose that reading wonderful writers may, inadvertently, teach an avid reader a great deal -- not only about life and… — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
There were people who read and there were the others. Whether you were the a reader or a non-reader was soon apparent.… — Pascal Mercier Copy Share Image
