If readers like The Thorn and the Blossom, which I would call literary fantasy, I think they would like books such as… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
Imagine yourself in the scene. See what there is to be seen. Listen to the sounds. Touch the world. Smell the air.… — David Gerrold Copy Share Image
I have deliberately left Sylvester and Julia's appearances to the reader's imagination. — Mary Wesley Copy Share Image
The surest way to arouse and hold the attention of the reader is by being specific, definitive, and concrete. The greatest writers… — William Strunk, Jr Copy Share Image
Every man speaks and writes with intent to be understood; and it can seldom happen but he that understands himself, might convey… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
When I write, I never know the endings. What I think works in [my] stories is the fact that when I write,… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
It is more difficult to keep the attention of hearers than of readers. — Lascelles Abercrombie Copy Share Image
The purpose of a work of fiction is to appeal to the lingering after-effects in the reader's mind as differing from, say,… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I think that when a poem can move readers across generations and across its specific class or race then it becomes truly… — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
The true reader reads every work seriously in the sense that he reads it whole-heartedly, makes himself as receptive as he can.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Give me a thrill, says the reader, Give me a kick; I don't care how you succeed, or What subject you pick. — Philip Larkin Copy Share Image
Almost anything is too much. I am trying in my poems to have the reader be the experiencer. I do not want… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
I think it's difficult for young people to acknowledge being smart, to knowledge being a reader. I see kids who are embarrassed… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
The text-book is rare that stimulates its reader to ask, Why is this so? Or, How does this connect with what has… — J. Norman Collie Copy Share Image
Existentialism does not offer to the reader the consolations of an abstract evasion: existentialism proposes no evasion. On the contrary, its ethics… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
There are a lot of snobs out there who disregard these books (romance novels), but they fulfil a need. I am happy… — Sara Craven Copy Share Image
An initial impulse of mine was to portray the way in which a city is impacted by war. But this is vague,… — Said Sayrafiezadeh Copy Share Image
Novelists... fashioning nets to sustain and support the reader as he falls helplessly through the chaos of his own existence. — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
“What's happiness for a reader? Be pleasantly surprised by a book from which he expected nothing.” — Gabrielle Dubois Copy Share Image
I am a slow reader. I always loved words, which is a strange thing given that I couldn't actually read them — Keira Knightley Copy Share Image
A good book changes for you every few years because you are in a different place in your own life. That's a… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
“Are you imperfect, romantically irrational, ridiculously fearless, and utterly illogical? You're my ideal reader, friend, partner. I'm your fan.” — Brook Tesla Copy Share Image
I try to end every chapter with an air of suspense. I try to leave the reader wanting to turn the page. — Nelson DeMille Copy Share Image
Tell the readers a story! Because without a story, you are merely using words to prove you can string them together in… — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share Image
I was a big reader as a kid, but it was 'Charlotte's Web' that showed me you could feel as if you… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“It ain't just about writing on some documents, author writes on to the readers' heart and mind.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
I know that some readers think (The High King) should have ended differently. I cried for three days afterwards. — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
You can solve most of your writing problems if you stop after every sentence and ask: what does the reader need to… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
Homeliness is almost as great a merit in a book as in a house, if the reader would abide there. It is… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Writers of novels and romance in general bring a double loss to their readers; robbing them of their time and money; representing… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
Many readers simply can't stomach fantasy. They immediately picture elves with broadswords or mighty-thewed barbarians with battle axes, seeking the bejeweled Coronet… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
The reader reads aloud, with a sing-song up … then down … then down again cadence. My mood shifts from merely reluctant… — Gabrielle Hamilton Copy Share Image
There is no shortage of wonderful writers. What we lack is a dependable mass of readers. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Chocolate and coffee ? Together ? Whoever came up with that combination should have won a Nobel Peace Prize. Or at least… — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
I don't care if my books don't sell abroad; we have a large enough market in our country. I write for Indian… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
I feel that I am doing the minimum amount of damage to other possibilities that may take place in a reader's head. — Edward Gorey Copy Share Image
I want the kind of readers who remain children at any cost. I can tell them at a glance: loyalty to that… — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
Historical novels are, without question, the best way of teaching history, for they offer the human stories behind the events and leave… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
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