“People who read are hiders. They hide who they are. People who hide don’t always like who they are.” — André Aciman Copy Share Image
I think of every book as a single entity, and some have later gone on to become a series, often at the… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Many readers know my work first through 'Housekeeping,' simply because it was my only novel for a pretty long time. — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
My readers are 90 percent gay, and it's who I write for. I am not here to entertain straight people. — Sarah Schulman Copy Share Image
..books look as if they contain knowledge, while e-readers look as if they contain information. — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
“And she is the reader who browses the shelf and looks for new worlds but finds herself.” — Laura Purdie Salas Copy Share Image
Librarians have always stood up for writers and readers in every kind of community across this country. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
We are all writers and readers as well as communicators with the need at times to please and satisfy ourselves with the… — Roger Angell Copy Share Image
'The Truth About Lorin Jones' will undoubtedly shock and offend as many readers as it will amuse, since it dares to make… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
“The power of readers lies not in their ability to gather information, in their ordering and cataloguing capability, but in their gift… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
Few writers in history have ever been 'politically correct' (a notion that rapidly changes in any case), and there's no reason to… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
I trust, that your readers will not construe my words to mean, that I would not have gone to a 3 o'clock… — Gerrit Smith Copy Share Image
These people are real to me, and situations keep coming up where their emergence feels natural. It's like meeting old friends. I… — Jonathan Kellerman Copy Share Image
For a variety of reasons, my books struck the marketplace like a thunderclap; and one of those reasons was that there were… — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share Image
I was one of the first authors to have an active website. I'm totally obsessed with technology. I'm always looking for ways… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Readers are less and less seen as mere non-writers, the subhuman other or flawed derivative of the author; the lack of a… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
“I enjoyed your book. You are a descriptive writer who paints well with pen in hand. Your story had a bit of… — Josie Angod Copy Share Image
The distinctions of what makes a book one genre or another can sometimes be a bit muddy, but generally it's a matter… — Therese Fowler Copy Share Image
Readers are very, very savvy, and I don't want to insult them by making them think I'm too lazy to get it… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
Correction of Earlier Entry: 8/01/12We read over the shoulders of giants; books place us in dialogue not just with an author but… — Leah Price Copy Share Image
Some readers took 'Heaven's My Destination' as a satire on Christianity and the Midwest, but today it reads like a loving comedy. — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
“Books were something that happened to readers. Readers were the victims of books.” — Holly Black Copy Share Image
Why should I give my Readers bad lines of my own when good ones of other People's are so plenty? — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
In the first person, the readers feel smart, like it's them solving the case. — Patricia Cornwell Copy Share Image
There are an awful lot of readers who won't pick up a book if they think it's got anything horrific in it,… — Peter James Copy Share Image
If You don't give readers what they want, they'll be mad at you. If you give them what they do want, they'll… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I don't like narrowing my readers down - there's not a particular age or gender or nationality. I suppose I'm aiming at… — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
For years, we in publishing have been hearing from Catholic readers that they really yearn for Catholic fiction. — Regina Doman Copy Share Image
I'm just trying to keep things rich for me creatively and for the readers who follow me. — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
The papers are only going to show what they want the readers to see. It's all propaganda, to be honest. — Dionne Bromfield Copy Share Image
My purpose as a writer is to communicate in such a way as to challenge the thinking of readers and touch their… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
“Readers read to escape from the world, Author's write to never have to go back to it again.” — Chami Rupasinghe Copy Share Image
I've come to accept who my readers turn out to be, rather than having some sort of demographic target. — Simon Winchester Copy Share Image
I think readers are just looking for things that maybe they recognize or can relate to in the books. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Who knows why some words ignite the hearts of some readers while others are like wet matches that won't light. — Phil Cousineau Copy Share Image
“Readers are of two sorts: one who goes carefully through a book, and the other who as carefully lets the book go… — Douglas Jerrold Copy Share Image
As a writer, I have readers who will have a range of political views. I don't think they look to me for… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
I think kids are incredibly savvy readers. I think we should give them all the credit in the world. They want to… — Alan Gratz Copy Share Image
I try to put my heart out there to everybody. They don't have to be Christian. For example, I have lots of… — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
