His Readers Quotes

28 quotes by 26 authors

A litterateur is not a confectioner, not a dealer in cosmetics, not an entertainer. . . . He is just like an ordinary reporter. What… — Anton Chekhov
He that would travel for the entertainment of others, should remember that the great object of remark is human life. Every nation has something peculiar… — Samuel Johnson
Unfortunately what is little recognized is that the most worthwhile scientific books are those in which the author clearly indicates what he does not know;… — Evariste Galois
A great writer created a world of his own and his readers are proud to live in it. A lesser writer may entice them in… — Cyril Connolly
Clearly the work of a master teacher who has deep knowledge of his subject and enormous empathy for his students and his readers. — Betty Edwards
The literature Nobel laureate of this year has said that an author can do anything as long as his readers believe him.A scientist cannot do… — Sune Bergstrom
The preservation of the Jew was certainly not casual. He has endured through the power of a certain ideal, based on the recognition of a… — Cecil Roth
If a writer is honest, if what is at stake for him can seem to matter to his readers, then his work may be read.… — Frederick Busch
If he can give his readers no reason why they should read his book, except that the events happened to him, it is not a… — Ayn Rand
Itâ€™s as much a writerâ€™s concern, who is responsible to his readers for all the books written before him as well as those which will… — Ilya Ehrenburg
I know that no reader ever asks a question. A writer must force his favors upon his readers. — Jan Neruda
A playwright must be his own audience. A novelist may lose his readers for a few pages; a playwright never dares lose his audience for… — Terence Rattigan
The ancient Greek philosopher Epictetus taught his students that what happens to them is not as important as what they believe happens to them. In… — Stanley Krippner
Some critics of my work took the view that a satirist should defer to the finer feelings of his readers and respect widely held beliefs. — David Low
By the consultation of books, whether of dead or living authors, many temptations of petulance and opposition, which occur in oral conferences, are avoided. An… — Samuel Johnson
Raw and delicate, poignant and poetic, Shelby Smoakâ€™s Bleeder exposes the sorrow and sometimes sweetness of coming to age with HIV. In a world of… — Jenny Boully
If an historian were to relate truthfully all the crimes, weaknesses, and disorders of mankind, his readers would take his work for satire rather than… — Pierre Bayle
Miroslav Holub seems to expect his readers to act like scientists, who are curious in every direction, take nothing for granted, and are willing to… — Matthew Zapruder
I'd like to make people who see me in comic pantomime on the screen feel the way Mark Twain makes his readers feel. — Dorothy Gish
It is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all that he has to say in the fewest possible words, or… — John Ruskin

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