People Read Quotes

98 quotes by 90 authors

Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it. — Margaret Atwood
It is insight into human nature that is the key to the communicator's skill. For whereas the writer is concerned with what he puts into… — William Bernbach
The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves - and the better… — Warren Buffett
Life has changed enormously, and I hope - I hope more people read good things. — Barbara Bush
The real fact of the matter is that nobody reads ads. People read what interests them, and sometimes it's an ad. — Howard Gossage
I get a lot of people complaining about my ambiguity, often in cases which there is nothing ambigous at all. As far as I can… — Gene Wolfe
A mom reads you like a book, and wherever she goes, people read you like a glowing book review. — Robert Breault
For the newspaper is in all literalness the bible of democracy, the book out of which a people determines its conduct. It is the only… — Walter Lippmann
I think people read the tabloids because they want to see you eating a burger, or out of your makeup or doing something stupid because… — Leonardo DiCaprio
I am always surprised at all the things people read into my photos, but it also amuse me. That may be because I have nothing… — Cindy Sherman
I don't analyze what I'm doing. I've read convincing interpretations of my work, and sometimes I've noticed something that I wasn't aware of, but I… — Cindy Sherman
I put out a lot of different kinds of material, and maybe people read that as egotistical. Or maybe, since a lot of it does… — James Franco
And that's why people read comics, to get away from the way life works, which is quite cruel and unheroic and ends in death. — Grant Morrison
When intelligent people read, they ask themselves a simple question: What do I plan to do with this information? — Ryan Holiday
This thought-provoking novel portrays the absurdity of our overbearing government bureaucracy with a story that is entertaining and fast-paced. The Taxman Cometh will become part… — Grover Norquist
You canâ€™t learn to write in college. Itâ€™s a very bad place for writers because the teachers always think they know more than you doâ€”and… — Ray Bradbury
Do not address your readers as though they were gathered together in a stadium. When people read your copy, they are alone. Pretend you are… — David Ogilvy
Never use tricky or irrelevant headlinesâ€¦ People read too fast to figure out what you are trying to say. — David Ogilvy
On the average, five times as many people read the headlines as read the body copy. — David Ogilvy
People read with their ears, whether they know it or not, — William Zinsser

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