“Readers often root for characters that are innocent victims – or who are subjected to forces beyond their control.” — Rob Parnell Copy Share Image
There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh. — Barbara Park Copy Share Image
“I've heard they have this thing called e-readers these days.” “I know that. I've never left the planet.” — Lina Andersson Copy Share Image
“Buying books always made me feel better, even if I never read them. - Florence Day” — Ashley Poston Copy Share Image
“It’s a book which, no matter how many readers it will ever have, will never have enough.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm a reader. I found out that, whether you're a studio head or a director, you must read your own material. You… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
Sometimes my readers ask me what else they should read, and I recommend Sebald. — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
Nothing that readers say or do strikes me as a nuisance. Anyone who cracks open a book of mine is, to me,… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
Who do readers expect to see when they pick up this book? Who has won the Most Troubled Romantic Lead at the… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
Books are such quiet things - created in silence, read in silence - yet publishing a book has become a very noisy… — Ellen Potter Copy Share Image
We're journalists, so our default position is we're not writing editorial. We're trying to bring information to readers, viewers, so that they… — Tim Hetherington Copy Share Image
Henry Miller is a famous writer whose work has fallen out of fashion, but I strongly recommend that readers who don't know… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
There are three classes of readers; some enjoy without judgment; others judge without enjoyment; and some there are who judge while they… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The unadmitted reason why traditional readers are hostile to e-books is that we still hold the superstitious idea that a book is… — Adam Kirsch Copy Share Image
“His high spiced wares were made to sell, and they sold; and his thousands of readers could as rationally charge their delight… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Thanks to social media like Facebook, Twitter and Goodreads, I can easily reach out to so many people. Being a writer gives… — Lori Foster Copy Share Image
“There are four kinds of readers. The first is like the hourglass; and their reading being as the sand, it runs in… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
“I write about the emotional crises that we face in our lives. Readers tell me that they identify with my characters. They… — Barbara Delinsky Copy Share Image
“I learned that there are books and there are readers; given even the worst of circumstances, they get together. In the privacy… — Elizabeth McCracken Copy Share Image
There's something about the idea of writing, and thinking about writing as a form of prayer - the way as a writer… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
Everyone likes a bit of variety. I'm sure none of my readers only want to read about anti-heroes or villainous protagonists any… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
Publishing a book is like stuffing a note into a bottle and hurling it into the sea. Some bottles drown, some come… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Kindle Singles is publishing on skates. It prints like lightning; our book meets readers in hours. I've spent so many years waiting… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
If everything is made so obvious that it asks nothing of the readers, then after a while, their ability to respond is… — Frances Clarke Sayers Copy Share Image
I made a decision to write for my readers, not to try to find more readers for my writing. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“Writers write for the same reason readers read. We want to know how it ends, too.” — Robynn Tolbert Copy Share Image
Why, after all, should readers never be harrowed? Surely there is enough happiness in life without having to go to books for… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Readers don't grow in trees. But they are grown-in places where they are fertilized with lots of print, and above all, read… — Jim Trelease Copy Share Image
The wider your readership, the greater the chances of offending your readers. — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
“Writing is a craft, being an author is work, and having readers and a following is a gift.” — Michael J. Kannengieser Copy Share Image
“Lifelong readers continue to read, finding in books the means to enjoy life or endure it” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sometimes readers are telling me about what they read of my books and I don't remember at all. — Peter Handke Copy Share Image
“Books can send you to another dimension, a dimension exclusive only for the readers.” — My Self Copy Share Image
I think of our readers as young, conscious people. We can't underestimate how far-reaching our content is, especially these days. — Elaine Welteroth Copy Share Image
Ultimately, I think that the growth and sustainability of the e-book movement depends on authors and end-users (readers). — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
'Time' is an internationalist publication catering to internationalist readers who are not only interested in their own backyard. — Bobby Ghosh Copy Share Image
“...Don't insult readers by questioning the extent of their imaginations. Most need only to be nudged to solve a good mystery.” — Peggy Kopman-Owens Copy Share Image
To be a writer, you must be a reader, yet as many as 30 per cent of my writing students were not readers. — Garry Disher Copy Share Image
The readers are very similar. The books they know, the questions they ask, the characters they like. That is similar. — Gabriel Ba Copy Share Image
“The hard fact is that writing is available to readers because of market factors as much as particular writing talent.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
