“Avid readers are a breed of their own, and we’re often accused of being heady. I don’t care. I love books and… — AnnaLisa Grant Copy Share Image
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My father was an engineer - he wasn't literary, not a writer or a journalist, but he was one of the world's… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
I have always argued that newspapers should not have any civic purpose beyond telling readers what is happening... A reporter who doesn't… — Jack Germond Copy Share Image
Early on, after gay liberation, there was an almost Stalinist pressure from gay critics and even gay readers to write about positive… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
To me, novels are a trip of discovery, and you discover things that you don't know and you assume that many of… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
My platform has been to reach reluctant readers. And one of the best ways I found to motivate them is to connect… — Jon Scieszka Copy Share Image
Magazines are about trust and partnership: We, the editors, will strive always to keep you engaged; you, the readers, are free to… — Stefano Tonchi Copy Share Image
I really do enjoy getting out to meet my readers. Writing is such a solitary business, it's gratifying to thank folks in… — Christie Golden Copy Share Image
When I published my first novel, 'Slammed,' I included lyrics at the beginning of each chapter from one of my favorite bands,… — Colleen Hoover Copy Share Image
You can't visit readers where you think they are. You have to invite them home to where you are and try to… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
The readers and the hearers like my books, And yet some writers cannot them digest; But what care I? for when I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What's fascinating is where they come from in the world. People in Bangladesh, a chap in a fire-base in Tikrit in Iraq.… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
My personal theory is that younger audiences disdain books - not because those readers are dumber than past readers, but because today's… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Many readers fail to realize this, but 'The Color Purple' is a theological text. It is about the reclamation of one's original… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“The effect your readers want is for what they read to trigger in them the sights and sounds and smells of what's… — Ray Rhamey Copy Share Image
I like art that trusts its audience, that's written for readers who like to work hard. I like art that knows its… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
Writing is a way of living. It doesn't quite matter that there are too many books for the number of readers in… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
'StrengthsFinder 2.0' is an effort to get the core message and language out to a much broader audience. We had no idea… — Tom Rath Copy Share Image
The decision came from the publisher. It certainly was cleared by Chicago. And then they come out with these fine sounding words… — Robert Scheer Copy Share Image
In practice, the copyright system does a bad job of supporting authors, aside from the most popular ones. Other authors' principal interest… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
“I want you to tell all these people that I wanted more time to spend with them. Tell them I meant to,… — Kage Baker Copy Share Image
Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters. When readers start asking about… — Alan Dean Foster Copy Share Image
Fortunately, I grew up in a traditional family where questioning was encouraged, particularly by my pandit grandfather. We are all voracious readers,… — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
It makes me nuts, the idea that if you put a political struggle at the heart of your book, then it has… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
Readers themselves, I think, contribute to a book. They add their own imaginations, and it is as though the writer only gave… — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Copy Share Image
“What was it like to be the person who chose books readers would fall in love with, buy for their mothers, and… — Elisabeth Egan Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It's hard because people often don't recognise shyness; they think it's just someone being rude. I have had to work to overcome… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
Kids who are nine, 10 and 11 are pretty sophisticated readers; they know that there isn't always a good outcome every time… — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
You have to have passion for a subject to write about it. You can't expect your readers to feel any excitement if… — Leonard Mlodinow Copy Share Image
“Readers are often fans of Authors, but I, myself, am a fan of readers. They are the ones who breathe life into… — Janae Mitchell Copy Share Image
The nicest notes I've received from readers are those that tell me I've gotten them back into reading for entertainment. For me,… — Jeff Abbott Copy Share Image
As a writer, its important to stay true to your story without giving a hoot about publishers, critics and readers. You should… — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
I think people underestimate the romance audience. It's everything from career women to high school girls to elderly women. I have male… — Heather Graham Pozzessere Copy Share Image
I write with a sense of my future readers being ever on the verge of setting down the book and pronouncing it… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
Kids have no sense of appropriateness. They can ask me whatever they want. You do develop a sense of intimacy with readers,… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
It seems like every ten years there's a book that says that poetry used to be popular, and now it's not, but… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
I always like to entertain, first of all, and if the readers take anything away from it that helps them with their… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
Readers let me know that they like books that have more to them than meets the eye. Had they not let me… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
