--- title: "9 Tell Reader Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Tell Reader quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Tell Reader sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6c/mark-twain-22_australia_if-it-would-not-look-too-much-like-showi_2160985.jpg" --- > [If it would not look too much like showing off, I would tell the reader where New Zealand is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/if-it-would-not-look-too-much-like-showing-off-i-would-tell-the/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6c/mark-twain-22_australia_if-it-would-not-look-too-much-like-showi_2160985.jpg) > [It's not about what you tell the reader, it's about what you conceal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/it-s-not-about-what-you-tell-the-reader-it-s-about-what-you-conceal/) [Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/578/dan-brown-203_about_it-s-not-about-what-you-tell-the-reader_1533243.png) > [Let me tell you, 'The Reader' was not glamorous for me in terms of the body-hair maintenance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-winslet/let-me-tell-you-the-reader-was-not-glamorous-for-me-in-terms-of-the/) [Kate Winslet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-winslet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/293/kate-winslet-875_body-hair_let-me-tell-you-the-reader-was-not-glamo_2876158.jpg) > [“I could tell you were a reader when I first saw you. You have that dreamy look in your eye, like you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bethany-hagen/i-could-tell-you-were-a-reader-when-i-first-saw-you-you-have-that/) [Bethany Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bethany-hagen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d0/bethany-hagen-36570_books_i-could-tell-you-were-a-reader-when-i-fi_1043685.jpg) > [I don't want to hear at all what the artist thinks about his art. And I'm not writing for the artist. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-saltz/i-don-t-want-to-hear-at-all-what-the-artist-thinks-about-his-art-and/) [Jerry Saltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-saltz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/843/jerry-saltz-1712_art_i-don-t-want-to-hear-at-all-what-the-art_2789055.png) > [The only rule I have in how I let characters tell stories is that they must always tell the reader their version…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-pinborough/the-only-rule-i-have-in-how-i-let-characters-tell-stories-is-that/) [Sarah Pinborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-pinborough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c4/sarah-pinborough-14664_always_the-only-rule-i-have-in-how-i-let-charac_631077.jpg) > [“When you write it, don't write it in the manner of a spooky story. Don't try to give an explanation. Just say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/when-you-write-it-don-t-write-it-in-the-manner-of-a-spooky-story-don/) [David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5b/david-mitchell-264_books_when-you-write-it-don-t-write-it-in-the_365376.jpg) > [I don't think any of my books tell the reader anything new. But they do remind, in a time that is strident…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/i-don-t-think-any-of-my-books-tell-the-reader-anything-new-but-they/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c89/richard-bach-424_book_i-don-t-think-any-of-my-books-tell-the-r_228056.jpg) > [Here in the United States, we speak with reverence of authentic experience. We write poems about our daddies taking us fishing and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-simic/here-in-the-united-states-we-speak-with-reverence-of-authentic/) [Charles Simic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-simic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34f/charles-simic-9906_believe_here-in-the-united-states-we-speak-with_1052075.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tell-reader/#itemlist", "name": "Tell Reader Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If it would not look too much like showing off, I would tell the reader where New Zealand is.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Twain" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/if-it-would-not-look-too-much-like-showing-off-i-would-tell-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6c/mark-twain-22_australia_if-it-would-not-look-too-much-like-showi_2160985.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6c/mark-twain-22_australia_if-it-would-not-look-too-much-like-showi_2160985.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6c/mark-twain-22_australia_if-it-would-not-look-too-much-like-showi_2160985.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If it would not look too much like showing off, I would tell the reader where New Zealand is.” — Mark Twain", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's not about what you tell the reader, it's about what you conceal.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dan Brown" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/it-s-not-about-what-you-tell-the-reader-it-s-about-what-you-conceal/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/578/dan-brown-203_about_it-s-not-about-what-you-tell-the-reader_1533243.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/578/dan-brown-203_about_it-s-not-about-what-you-tell-the-reader_1533243.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/578/dan-brown-203_about_it-s-not-about-what-you-tell-the-reader_1533243.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's not about what you tell the reader, it's about what you conceal.” — Dan Brown", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Let me tell you, 'The Reader' was not glamorous for me in terms of the body-hair maintenance.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kate Winslet" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-winslet/let-me-tell-you-the-reader-was-not-glamorous-for-me-in-terms-of-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/293/kate-winslet-875_body-hair_let-me-tell-you-the-reader-was-not-glamo_2876158.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/293/kate-winslet-875_body-hair_let-me-tell-you-the-reader-was-not-glamo_2876158.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/293/kate-winslet-875_body-hair_let-me-tell-you-the-reader-was-not-glamo_2876158.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Let me tell you, 'The Reader' was not glamorous for me in terms of the body-hair maintenance.” — Kate Winslet", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I could tell you were a reader when I first saw you. 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