Reader Quotes

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I was the basest of readers. All I wanted was my own world, and myself in it, given back to me in artful shapes and… — Ian Mcewan
Some readers read a book as if it were an instruction manual, expecting to understand everything first time, but of course when you write, you… — Hilary Mantel
Iâ€™ve always believed that as an author, I do 50% of the work of storytelling, and the reader does the other 50%. Thereâ€™s no way… — Shannon Hale
Writerâ€™s block is my unconscious mind telling me that something Iâ€™ve just written is either unbelievable or unimportant to me, and I solve it by… — Orson Scott Card
The triumph of the written word is often attained when the writer achieves union and trust with the reader, who then becomes ready to be… — Chinua Achebe
I think my reputation will look after itself," Holmes said. "If they hang me, Watson, I shall leave it to you to persuade your readers… — Anthony Horowitz
We must take our sentences seriously, which means we must understand them philosophically, and the odd thing is that the few who do, who take… — William H. Gass
Reader, I kissed her. A quiet walk we had, she and I. — Gary D. Schmidt
Do not write to impress others. Authors who write to impress people have difficulty remaining true to themselves. A better path is to write what… — Guy Kawasaki
I realized early in my career that precisely what one reader doesn't like is what another reader loves. Collectively, any writer's audience presents a mishmash… — Karen Marie Moning
You gonna deal with Mr. Hot and Moody?" "Not sure. I may just pull out my e-reader." He nodded. "Probably safer for your sanity. — Sylvia Day
write what readers want to read, which isnâ€™t necessarily what you want to write. — Nicholas Sparks
While pensive poets painful vigils keep, Sleepless themselves, to give their readers sleep. — Alexander Pope
Behind every door in London there are stories, behind every one ghosts. The greatest writers in the history of the written word have given them… — Anna Quindlen
No poem is intended for the reader, no picture for the beholder, no symphony for the listener. — Walter Benjamin
Some of the greatest poetry is revealing to the reader the beauty in something that was so simple you had taken it for granted. — Neil deGrasse Tyson
It was a wonderful night, such a night as is only possible when we are young, dear reader. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
We read privately, mentally listening to the author's voice and translating the writer's thoughts. The book remains static and fixed; the reader journeys through it. — Lynne Truss
Think of this - that the writer wrote alone, and the reader read alone, and they were alone with each other. — A. S. Byatt
The weapons an author has at her disposal are flawed. There are words that feel shapeless and overused. Love, for example. I could write the… — Jodi Picoult

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