Reader Quotes · Page 66

If the book is a mystery to its author as she's writing, inevitably it's going to be a mystery to the reader…

— Nicole Krauss

I was a voracious reader and I could never understand why comics were of any less merit or importance than any other…

— Neil Gaiman

Good writing is difficult no matter what the reader's age-and children deserve the best.

— Aaron Shepard

Writing isn't just on the page; it's voices in the reader's head. Read what you write out loud to someone-anyone-and you will…

— Donna Jo Napoli

For years, we in publishing have been hearing from Catholic readers that they really yearn for Catholic fiction.

— Regina Doman

Aphorisms are essentially an aristocratic genre of writing. The aphorist does not argue or explain, he asserts; and implicit in his assertion…

— Anonymous

When I was a kid I was a huge reader, I always had a book in my hand.

— Shannon Purser

If modesty and candor are necessary to an author in his judgment of his own works, no less are they in his…

— Sarah Fielding

Tell a story! Don't try to impress your reader with style or vocabulary or neatly turned phrases. Tell the story first!

— Anne McCaffrey

Writers are in the entertainment business, and it gives me lots of pleasure to entertain my readers.

— Brian Lumley

I never had stock endings. I didn't believe in stock endings. To make the [reader] happy was not my objective, but to…

— Jack Kirby

I feel that these stories are being written to articulate certain confusions and disappointments, and I do mean to shake up the…

— Ann Beattie

The connection that I have with my readers makes me very happy, and gives meaning to the strange profession of writing

— Isabel Allende

The Q I loathe and despise, the Q every single writer I know loathes and despises, is this one: 'Where,' the reader…

— Ayelet Waldman

“Reading gives liberty to your mind.”

— Aman Jassal

Each day is a surprise - and each day I learn something wonderful and new. Both in writing thrillers and in reporting…

— Hank Phillippi Ryan

Mary Jo Putney is a gifted writer with an intuitive understanding of what makes romances work. I loved Silk and Shadows, couldn't…

— Jayne Ann Krentz

I might refer at once, if necessary, to a hundred well authenticated instances. One of very remarkable character, and of which the…

— Edgar Allan Poe

Work extra hard on the beginning of your story, so it snares reader's instantly. And know how you're going to end your…

— Joan Lowery Nixon

It's a nice reader, but there's nothing on the iPad I look at and say, 'Oh, I wish Microsoft had done it.'

— Bill Gates

Getting inside your character's head and letting the reader see the world through not just their eyes but their sensibility creates an…

— Stewart O'Nan

Compose aloud: poetry is a sound. Never explain- your reader is as smart as you. Your reader is not just any reader,…

— Basil Bunting

I've always been an avid reader. Everyone in my family read a lot. Considering we were from a little town, we were…

— John Malkovich

A successful novel should interrupt the reader’s life, make him or her miss appointments, skip meals, forget to walk the dog.

— Stephen King

I met Shannon Hale through some friends and family. I was interested in her book called Princess Academy, which is just a…

— Jerusha Hess

I want the reader to turn the page and keep on turning until the end.

— Barbara W. Tuchman

I find I think of myself not as a writer so much as someone who provides a gateway, a tangential route for…

— Erin Morgenstern

I think that some books are more successful than others to certain readers. People who read my books for the humor, they're…

— Janet Evanovich

You thunder and lightning too much; the reader ceases to get under the bed, by and by.

— Mark Twain

The reader's ear must adjust down from loud life to the subtle, imaginary sounds of the written word. An ordinary reader picking…

— Annie Dillard

I hope the reader's sense that I am deeply empathetic with the pain of being in a desperate marriage, but I also…

— Gary Chapman

A writer often wants to change a reader’s perception about the world, which is a political act. But we have to work…

— Caryl Phillips

I've come to accept who my readers turn out to be, rather than having some sort of demographic target.

— Simon Winchester

What really grabs me is when a reader writes to express her personal story and how a book helped her situation, or…

— Lurlene McDaniel

I... recommend to every one of my Readers, the keeping a Journal of their Lives for one Week, and setting down punctually…

— Joseph Addison

There is all this stuff about how sensitive poets are and how in touch with feelings, etc. they are, but really all…

— Matthew Zapruder

My objective always is to stay as close as possible and shoot the pictures as if through the eyes of the infantryman,…

— David Douglas Duncan

The writer's job, after all, is not to dictate meaning, but to give the reader enough pieces to create his or her…

— Celeste Ng

The Architect is just one of a series of works which examine the confrontation of innocence and experience, illustrating the complex ethics…

— John Scott

The death of a child occasions a passion of grief and frantic tears, such as your end, brother reader, will never inspire.

— William Makepeace Thackeray