Reader Quotes

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If there is a magic in story writing, and I am convinced that there is, no one has ever been able to reduce it to… — John Steinbeck
I want my stories to be something about life that causes people to say, not, oh, isn't that the truth, but to feel some kind… — Alice Munro
Reality is not always probable, or likely. But if you're writing a story, you have to make it as plausible as you can, because if… — Jorge Luis Borges
I try, and I think I succeed, in making my readers feel sorry for my psychopaths, because I do. — Ruth Rendell
What I try to do is write a story about a detective rather than a detective story. Keeping the reader fooled until the last, possible… — Dashiell Hammett
I do not allow fan-fiction. The characters are copyrighted. It upsets me terribly to even think about fan-fiction with my characters. I advise my readers… — Anne Rice
Many photographers feel their client is the subject. My client is a woman in Kansas who reads Vogue. I'm trying to intrigue, stimulate, feed her.… — Irving Penn
Without books I would not have become a vivacious reader, and if you are not a reader you are not a writer. — Ken Follett
For success, the author must make the reader care about the destiny of the principals, and sustain this anxiety, or suspense, for about 100,000 words. — Ken Follett
I like to create imaginary characters and events around a real historical situation. I want readers to feel: OK, this probably didn't happen, but it… — Ken Follett
Hardcover books are fairly expensive these days and to read one requires a significant commitment of time in our busy society. So I want to… — Jeffery Deaver
In general, I think, less is more, and that if a reader stops reading because a book is too icky then I've failed in my… — Jeffery Deaver
Breathtakingly real and utterly compelling, Immoral dishes up page-turning psychological suspense while treating us lucky readers to some of the most literate and stylish writing… — Jeffery Deaver
I do a little fact checking now and then. Other than that its impact is simply that email has revolutionized communication for me, and my… — Lee Child
It has been found that the less an advertisement looks like an advertisement and the more it looks like an editorial, the more readers stop,… — David Ogilvy
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
The hope with Tipping Point was it would help the reader understand that real change was possible. With Blink, I wanted to get people to… — Malcolm Gladwell
Readers respond to every genre intensely, if it's a genre that appeals to them. Again, who can say why anyone enjoys horror and dark fantasy?… — Laurell K. Hamilton
I don't write the kind of 'happily ever after' that romance readers enjoy. — Charlaine Harris
The Sookie Stackhouse novels were selling well before the TV show, but the TV show led to a lot more exposure and readers. And a… — Charlaine Harris

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