Ordinary Reader Quotes
- Writers, because they write, are condemned never to be readers of their own stories...The memory of first putting a story into words will always prevent… — Elena Ferrante
- Naturally, since I myself am a writer, I do not wish the ordinary reader to read no modern books. But if he must read only… — C.S. Lewis
- If you ask any ordinary reader which of Dickens's proletarian characters he can remember, the three he is almost certain to mention are Bill Sykes,… — George Orwell
- The reader's ear must adjust down from loud life to the subtle, imaginary sounds of the written word. An ordinary reader picking up a book… — Annie Dillard