Reader Quotes

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You do not characterize by telling the reader about the character. You do it by showing the character thinking, speaking and acting in a characteristic… — Gene Wolfe
When the venture has been made of dealing with historical events and characters, it always seems fair towards the reader to avow what liberties have… — Charlotte Mary Yonge
Christopher Lynch has made the best and the first careful translation of Machiavelli's Art of War. With useful notes, an excellent introduction, an interpretive essay,… — Harvey Mansfield
My advice to the reader approaching a poem is to make the mind still and blank. Let the poem speak. This charged quiet mimics the… — Camille Paglia
For the critic, criticism is a form of natural self-expression, as poetry is to the poet. So, for a critic, criticism is a true thing.… — Helen Vendler
There are those who believe that the value of a children's book can be measured only in terms of the moral lessons it tries to… — Barbara Park
I happen to think that a book is of extraordinary value if it gives the reader nothing more than a smile or two. It's perfectly… — Barbara Park
The early development of speed reading can be traced to the beginning of the (20th) century, when the publication explosion swamped readers with more than… — Tony Buzan
When writers stop believing in their own stories, readers tend to sense it. — Tracy Kidder
I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that's really worth… — Tracy Kidder
I don't believe in writing anything that I don't know about or haven't researched about personally. I like to transport the reader to places, and… — Jackie Collins
I have written 20 books, and each one is like having a baby. Writing is not easy; some people want to write books but just… — Jackie Collins
We expect a great man to be a good reader. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
No method nor discipline can supersede the necessity of being forever on the alert. What is a course of history, or philosophy, or poetry, or… — Henry David Thoreau
In a distant age and climate, the tragic scene of the death of Hosein will awaken the sympathy of the coldest reader. — Edward Gibbon
Here is my challenge. Name one ethical statement made, or one ethical action performed, by a believer that could not have been uttered or done… — Christopher Hitchens
What is possible and what is not possible is not objectively known but is, rather, a subjective belief on the part of the author and… — Philip K. Dick
When I write, I enjoy myself so much that what is being written really needs no reader — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
What I do believe is that there is always a relationship between writing and reading, a constant interplay between the writer on the one hand… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes for money. I write for myself and publish just for… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante

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