My definition of good literature is that which can be read by an educated reader, and reread with increased pleasure. — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
These, then, are the qualities of my ideal diplomatist. Truth, accuracy, calm, patience, good temper, modesty and loyalty. They are also the… — Harold Nicolson Copy Share Image
I simply write with an intelligent reader in mind. I don't think about how old they are. — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
One particular debate that I have seen play out again and again is whether trans people who have more traditional gender expressions… — Dean Spade Copy Share Image
...and Jo laid the rustling sheets together with a careful hand, as one might shut the covers of a lovely romance, which… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
The people who lived behind those clean lace curtains in row after row of identical boxes were newspaper readers, and every word… — Arthur Christiansen Copy Share Image
Multitudes of words are neither an argument of clear ideas in the writer, nor a proper means of conveying clear notions to… — Adam Clarke Copy Share Image
What a poem means is as much what it means to others as what it means to the author; and indeed, in… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
Rather than a teaching tool, I think a novel is more of a witnessing entity. A witnessing entity? What is that? I… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
There can be no more thrilling idea of intimacy that connecting with someone through the agency of the written word. Here we… — Will Self Copy Share Image
Certainly not every reader has liked every one of my books, but I think that's a good thing because it means I'm… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
Every writer prefers good reviews over bad ones, and every writer wants to have lots of readers. But if it doesn't happen,… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
So we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
If you read novels of the 19th century, they're pretty experimental. They take lots of chances; they seem to break a lot… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
At the end of our conversation she (Martha Stout) turned to address you, the reader. She said if you're beginning to feel… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
Most people write the same sentence over and over again. The same number of words-say, 8-10, or 10-12. The same sentence structure.… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
I don't think writers should be convenient examples. I don't think we should make people feel settled. I don't try to be… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I hope readers will do what I do when I read a novel I like: talk in ways that will illuminate their… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
Listen to the criticisms and preferences of your trusted "first readers". — Rose Tremain Copy Share Image
Johnny Ramone's autobiography is a no holds barred, straight-forward book written in a no-nonsense style that is Johnny personified. His story is… — Tommy Ramone Copy Share Image
To go straight to the deepest depth, I went for Hegel; what unclear thoughtless flow of words I was to find there!… — Ludwig Boltzmann Copy Share Image
All those who love thrillers will find in Michael Alexiades's first novel a source of great pleasure and satisfaction. It combines suspense… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
The most exhilarating for the writer and the reader, are gift-things-poems which arrive on their own energy, poems that in William Shakespeare's… — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
Writers are voracious readers. Once I unlocked the mystery of the alphabet that led to words, a multitude of words connecting me… — Gloria Naylor Copy Share Image
The golden rule of writing is to write what you care about. If you care about your topic, you'll do your best… — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
