Readers Quotes · Page 10

“Picture books build readers, Mr. Leon. Two missing books from our collection is like two missing bricks from a cathedral.”

— Kristin O'Donnell Tubb

Readers want a story, not a pattern. It's the specifics of a story that make it really ping our various reader radars.

— Sara Zarr

You don't want to hit readers over the head like they're completely incapable of picking up on subtlety.

— Mark Waid

With 'The Angel's Game', there was a lot of pressure from the expectations - expectations from the book industry and from readers;…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

“I know from personal experience that readers lead richer lives, more lives, than those who don’t read.”

— Donalyn Miller

People forget that writers start off being readers. We all love it when we find a terrific read, and we want to…

— Karin Slaughter

I'll be happy if I can gain even the smallest place inside the literary imagination of U.S. readers.

— Elliot Perlman

It's very hard to know who your readers are, but that's who I'm... if I have somebody in my head, that's probably…

— Louis Menand

I have a lot of teenage readers and readers in their early twenties. My writing style appeals to them. And if they…

— Julia Quinn

All writers know how important a good title is. It's the first thing readers see, along with a knock-your-socks-off cover - a…

— Caroline Leavitt

With the advancement in e-reading technology, I was curious if it were possible for readers to be able to hear the actual…

— Colleen Hoover

“When you write it, don't write it in the manner of a spooky story. Don't try to give an explanation. Just say…

— David Mitchell

Thank you to the readers of the 'Huffington Post' for voting me the 'Hottest Freshman' of the 111th Congress. It's about time…

— Aaron Schock

“Thanks for being the kind of person who likes to pick up a book. That's a genuinely great thing. I met a…

— Max Barry

My readers - and I get 400 emails for a day, my readers normally they say, well, you understand me, and I…

— Paulo Coelho

Generally my favorite remarks always come from my readers. I've had people say my books made them laugh, or cry, or that…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“One of the results of this self-examination — for that is what the writing of this book amounts to — is the…

— Henry Miller

There are a few 'Raw Shark Texts' tattoos floating around the Internet now, so I'm gathering them up to post on my…

— Steven Hall

As a reader, you’re often inside one or more character heads, so you know what they’re feeling, even if they can’t exactly…

— Will Schwalbe

I never think of my work as writing for a young audience, frankly, because I think it risks talking 'down' to them.…

— Soman Chainani

My #1 job as a thriller author is to give readers the best white-knuckle thrill ride I am capable of. I am…

— Brad Thor

My own experience with being interviewed is mixed. I suppose they're a part of my job, and as I would like readers…

— Douglas Coupland

“They were readers for whom literature was a drug, each complex plot line delivering a new high, suspending them above reality, allowing…

— Gloria Goldreich

I love the fact that so many of my readers are intelligent, exceptional, accomplished people with an open-minded love of diversity. But…

— Suzanne Brockmann

I don't believe there are 'struggling' readers, 'advanced' readers, or 'non' readers.

— Jacqueline Woodson

There is a contract between the reader and the writer. The readers give me their hard-earned cash, and I have to entertain…

— Jasper Fforde

I have a lot of respect for readers because I'm a reader. That's how I got into writing.

— Toni Morrison

I don't personally like the e-readers they've come up with so far. I don't fetishize books, but I do like that they're…

— Jonathan Franzen

I'd like to thank readers. Every time you open a book, it is a strike against ignorance. Unless you're reading Sarah Palin.

— Libba Bray

I think it's one of the Times' problems that they haven't made it clear to readers what various formats mean.

— Daniel Okrent

Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.

— Albert Camus

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

— Isabel Allende

“I believe that being able to communicate directly with readers is a boon. I certainly enjoy it as much as they do.”

— Sara Sheridan

Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I am, really, a great writer; my only difficulty is in finding great readers.

— Frank Harris

But, in the end, we editors just pass through. We all know that you, the readers, are the real carriers of the…

— Alan Rusbridger

Young readers have to be entertained. No child reads fiction because they think it's going to make them a better person.

— Anonymous

Readers want what is important to be clearly laid out; they will not read what is too troublesome.

— Jan Tschichold

Readers are made by readers - it is so obvious it is almost banal to say it.

— Aidan Chambers

I love being in touch with my readers and fellow writers! It's just amazing to have such access to people.

— Rachel Caine