In the end, my reasons for moving down the timeline and introducing a new cast have more to do with keeping myself… — Raymond E. Feist Copy Share Image
It is apparent at first glance that in The Double there is more creative talent and depth of thought than in Poor… — Vissarion Belinsky Copy Share Image
I was never much of a reader when I was a boy. Books bored me. I liked action. But I spent a… — Ray Kroc Copy Share Image
Dylan Landis knows how to unnerve a reader, even as she's appreciating being unnerved. Rainey Royal thrums with sex and power. A… — Mary Kay Zuravleff Copy Share Image
Never, ever condescend to the reader. Assume you are writing for someone better and smarter than you are. This will protect you… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
It's interesting with my blog, because it feels to me less like a blog and more like a forum, because my readers… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
What's the function of poetry? It's to express general truths, to connect with the reader and make him think: 'Wow, I've experienced… — Giles Andreae Copy Share Image
As a reader, I notice political views regardless of whether or not the book is fiction. What annoys me is when said… — Jen Lancaster Copy Share Image
It's actually not very hard to re-set between the adult novels and the ones for younger readers. The narrative voices are very… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
There are very real differences between science fiction and realistic fiction, between horror and fantasy, between romance and mystery. Differences in writing… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Amaryllis in Blueberry is a rich, evocative story about an unusual family that will sweep readers away to another place and time.… — Susan Wiggs Copy Share Image
The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader. I know people who read without hearing the sentence sounds… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
The credibility of a newspaper or news magazine is essential so you can check it for accuracy. I'm not saying it's not… — Harold Evans Copy Share Image
The daily press is the evil principle of the modern world, and time will only serve to disclose this fact with greater… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I love putting two things next to each other that don't necessarily belong, because then there's sort of a third atmosphere, a… — Evie Wyld Copy Share Image
The book it reminded me of most is Henry Miller’s The Books in My Life. Like Miller, Shields manages to convey his… — Andre Alexis Copy Share Image
The old adage about giving a man a fish versus teaching him to fish has been updated by a reader: Give a… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
A modern librarian, who has faith in the law that 'BOOKS ARE FOR USE,' is happy only when his readers make his… — S. R. Ranganathan Copy Share Image
Readers and writers are united in their need for solitude, in their pursuit of substance in a time of ever-increasing evanescence: in… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
There's a contract that I make between myself, the author, and the reader. I have to figure out how to give the… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
The writer has the advantage of a medium that can be contemplated many times over on the pages of a book or… — Bienvenido Lumbera Copy Share Image
It's good not only to realize that you can't please all of the people all of the time, but that you don't… — Dennis Lehane 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
Giving the reader the space to move around and be active, and encourage their active response is important to me. That will… — Leni Zumas Copy Share Image
The young readers I have interacted with carry old concerns repackaged in the skin of a new generation: puzzlement over continuous national… — Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Copy Share Image
I like to get ten pages a day, which amounts to 2,000 words. That’s 180,000 words over a three-month span, a goodish… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
The more imagination the reader has ... the more he will do for himself. He will, at a mere hint from the… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The level of control, that's part of what's so appealing about filmmaking - you have so much control over what the reader,… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
If you are an ardent reader, seek not brilliant and erudite texts; otherwise the demon of haughtiness will strike your heart. But… — Ephrem the Syrian Copy Share Image
William Armstrong is a great teacher. He speaks truthfullyabout the discipline required for learning, and about the pleasures oforder and system in… — Jill Ker Conway Copy Share Image
The most enjoyable part in writing a series is being able to visit a world I have created and revisit old friends.… — Christine Feehan Copy Share Image
I'm still not a great reader, but my wife is and my daughters are, and I envy them. I think I got… — Mike Krzyzewski Copy Share Image
I think if you read all my books you know where I stand, pretty much. You could probably give the reader a… — T.C. Boyle 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
Reader! To whatever visible church, synagogue, or mosque you may belong! See if you do not find more true religion among the… — Moses Mendelssohn Copy Share Image
The romance genre is the only genre where readers are guaranteed novels that place the heroine at the heart of the story.… — Jayne Ann Krentz Copy Share Image
Most of us have loved. And the terror for a writer is that readers will forgive you so much, but they won't… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
While researching my first book, I discovered so many fascinating tidbits that I wanted to share them with readers to remind them… — Julie Klassen Copy Share Image
When you find it you become the secret addressee of a literary text and I felt that their reader had been left… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
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