Readers Quotes · Page 18

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

Through my writing Im gonna changing the world, just when I find special readers !!

— Alyaa

Ive gotten to know a number of readers from being online, and really treasure the time Ive spent with them.

— Nora Roberts

“And she is the reader who browses the shelf and looks for new worlds but finds herself.”

— Laura Purdie Salas

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

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

I love slow readers. And readers who think about what I've written, think about how it's written - and copy me!

— Jacqueline Woodson

Librarians have always stood up for writers and readers in every kind of community across this country.

— Karin Slaughter

Indie bookstores love writers as much as they love readers, and there is something about a community store, where you walk in,…

— Caroline Leavitt

In general, I write for ages 12 and up - although I've received emails from readers between the ages of seven and…

— Marie Lu

It was quite risky to open the book with one of my quieter stories; I'm kind of trying, I think, to lure…

— Kevin Barry

“It has long been my belief that everyone's library contains an Odd Shelf. On this shelf rests a small, mysterious corpus of…

— Anne Fadiman

Readers will stay with an author, no matter what the variations in style and genre, as long as they get that sense…

— Dean Koontz

The people who decided in their wisdom that we're all going to go over to ebooks, they are not readers. These are…

— Jeanette Winterson

'The Good Soldier' is an odd and maybe even unique book. That it is a masterpiece, almost a perfect novel, comes as…

— Jane Smiley

The memoir industry is, what's the word? Under regulated. I think it needs to be pruned. If there are too many books…

— Arthur Phillips

Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“People who read are hiders. They hide who they are. People who hide don’t always like who they are.”

— André Aciman

I think of every book as a single entity, and some have later gone on to become a series, often at the…

— Lois Lowry

..books look as if they contain knowledge, while e-readers look as if they contain information.

— Julian Barnes

“The death of a billionaire is worth more to the media than the lives of a billion poor people.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Many readers know my work first through 'Housekeeping,' simply because it was my only novel for a pretty long time.

— Marilynne Robinson

My readers are 90 percent gay, and it's who I write for. I am not here to entertain straight people.

— Sarah Schulman

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

— Rachel Caine

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

For years, we in publishing have been hearing from Catholic readers that they really yearn for Catholic fiction.

— Regina Doman

A romance novel should leave readers joyous. My books all have happy endings.

— Judith McNaught

“Readers read to escape from the world, Author's write to never have to go back to it again.”

— Chami Rupasinghe

My purpose as a writer is to communicate in such a way as to challenge the thinking of readers and touch their…

— Randy Alcorn

The papers are only going to show what they want the readers to see. It's all propaganda, to be honest.

— Dionne Bromfield

I'm just trying to keep things rich for me creatively and for the readers who follow me.

— Colson Whitehead

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

I like the idea of readers feeling a familiarity, whether it's with Africa or childhood.

— Binyavanga Wainaina

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

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

In the first person, the readers feel smart, like it's them solving the case.

— Patricia Cornwell

We don't need to dumb down our stuff. And it's important to know how far we can push readers.

— Ashwin Sanghi

Why should I give my Readers bad lines of my own when good ones of other People's are so plenty?

— Benjamin Franklin

“Books were something that happened to readers. Readers were the victims of books.”

— Holly Black