Reader Quotes

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You are just in the middle of a struggle with words which are really very stubborn things, with a blank page, with the damn thing… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
But I do not have the reader in mind when I write. No true writer does that — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Solid scriptural theology should be valued in the church. Books in which Scripture is reverently regarded as the only rule of faith and practice-- books… — J C Ryle
Good writing never soothes or comforts. It is no prescription, neither is it diversionary, although it can and should enchant while it explodes in the… — Joy Williams
The writer doesnâ€™t write for the reader. He doesnâ€™t write for himself, either. He writes to serveâ€¦something. Somethingness. The somethingness that is sheltered by the… — Joy Williams
Reader look, not on his picture but his book. — Ben Jonson
Nobody knows that in reading we are re-living our temptations to be a poet. All readers who have a certain passion for reading, nurture and… — Gaston Bachelard
Almost anything is too much. I am trying in my poems to have the reader be the experiencer. I do not want to be there.… — Mary Oliver
ATLANTA NIGHTS is sure to please the reader who enjoys this sort of thing. — Raymond E. Feist
Everybody has felt at one time or another that everyone else in the world had a better shot than they did, so when you engage… — Robin Hobb
The ideal reader of my novels is a lapsed Catholic and failed musician, short-sighted, colour-blind, auditorily biased, who has read the books that I have… — Anthony Burgess
The book I am best known for, or only known for, is a novel I am prepared to repudiate: written a quarter of a century… — Anthony Burgess
Who knows why some words ignite the hearts of some readers while others are like wet matches that won't light. — Phil Cousineau
Short-story writing requires an exquisite sense of balance. Novelists, frankly, can get away with more. A novel can have a dull spot or two, because… — Lynn Abbey
If you're a voracious reader and you write something that you want to read, odds are other people will want to read it, too. — Tim Maleeny
If I ever do a book on the Amazon, I hope I am able to bring a lightheartedness to the subject, in a way that… — Jack Handey
Few authors understand themselves, and a proper reader must not only understand his author but also be able to see beyond him — Johann Georg Hamann
In a highly competitive newspaper market, every editor needs to appeal to female readers to boost their circulation. — Rebekah Brooks
But there's one thing I'm sure about. An opening line should invite the reader to begin the story. It should say: Listen. Come in here.… — Stephen King
German readers are much like Brits or Americans: They read for the thrill of it, the occasional shudder down the spine, knowing it's not real… — Brian Lumley

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