Journalism should be more like science. As far as possible, facts should be verifiable. If journalists want long-term credibility for their profession,… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
I have never had a point in my life to make. I'm just trying to entertain the reader. — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
I remember that feeling when I was a young reader: finding books that were set in Sydney with Australian characters was incredibly… — Justine Larbalestier Copy Share Image
Since the death of Nikola Tesla in 1943, his life has deserved a worthy biography. Bernard Carlson has delivered that in Tesla:… — Robert Rosenberg Copy Share Image
In fiction, the reader will make jumps with you. If you can make the reader make that leap with you, it's a… — William Lashner Copy Share Image
“Julia could form no opinion of Robert, the bespectacled middle child, for he passed the entire journey with his nose stuck in… — Sheri Cobb South Copy Share Image
The inspiration for my novels comes from the depths of a creative well, based on asking myself questions over and over. I… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
The act of reading is a partnership. The author builds a house, but the reader makes it a home. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If you want to challenge yourself as an Author, raise the bar as a reader. -Suzanne Steele” — Suzanne Steele Copy Share Image
There's something to be said for an author who clearly respects a reader. — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
Anything that comes out of the South is going to be called grotesque by the northern reader, unless it is grotesque, in… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
Yes, I know, shaming, isn't it? I always say you can take the girl out of the 80s, but you can't take… — Louise Mensch Copy Share Image
Listen, people like Brian Bendis did great things for comic readers, great things for comic readers. — Avi Arad Copy Share Image
I am an avid reader! As for writing, I might - someday. But we'll have to wait and see. — Zosia Mamet Copy Share Image
I get intrigued by a first lin and I write to find out why it means something to me. You make discoveries… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
In Victorian fiction, there would be a chapter at the end devoted to righting all of the wrongs. I thought to right… — Charles Palliser Copy Share Image
In a highly competitive newspaper market, every editor needs to appeal to female readers to boost their circulation. — Rebekah Brooks Copy Share Image
I never, as a reader, have been particularly interested in dystopian literature or science fiction or, in fact, fantasy. — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
Working as an editor was like being a professional reader, and the better I became at reading the better I became at… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Once, in my father's bookshop, I heard a regular customer say that few things leave a deeper mark on a reader than… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
Many, if not most, of the best and most lasting children’s books have multiple levels, some of which are not fully accessible… — Patricia C. Wrede Copy Share Image
One of the convenient things about literature is that, despite copyrights [...] a book belongs to the reader as well as to… — Anne Fadiman Copy Share Image
I cannot pretend I am without fear. But my predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved; I… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
Young people are looking for meaning and happiness to accompany their first paycheque. Inspire Your Career provides career advice designed to help… — Marc Kielburger Copy Share Image
First and foremost, I consider myself a storyteller. And I'm endlessly fascinated with people, with what they do and why... and how… — Debbie Macomber Copy Share Image
Write about small, self-contained incidents that are still vivid in your memory. If you remember them, it's because they contain a larger… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
The novelistic attribute of my work is very much like the Russian way of creating novels. Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky - their work has… — Lav Diaz Copy Share Image
To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that will tax… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I wanted to do something different. Therefore, the first person I thought would have been too exclusionary. It would have said me,… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
Mann is widely recognized as a master of irony and ambiguity, yet it's remarkable how quickly people foreclose options he carefully leaves… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
But it has also enabled me to find my feet as a lecturer and a reader of my own plays to audiences… — Laurence Housman 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
There should really not be anything gratuitous in a work of art. Sometimes what seems as if it's gratuitous may be a… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
By changing the way I experienced things, even just involving different details than in reality, I often felt I was betraying the… — Sasa Stanisic Copy Share Image
These are the best reasons to do anything in life. People who say things like this are the kind of people who… — Martine Leavitt Copy Share Image
It remains unbelievable to me that I have any readers beyond my own blood relations - it's a crazy, wild gift. — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
A bit of trash now and then is good for the severest reader. It provides the necessary roughage in the literary diet. — Phyllis McGinley Copy Share Image
a good writer should draw the reader in by starting in the middle of the story with a hook, then go back… — Roland Smith Copy Share Image
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