Reader Quotes

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A reader ought to be able to hold it and become familiar with its organized contents and make it a mind's manageable companion. — William Safire
I try to write in plain brown blocks of American speech but occasionally set in an ancient word or a strange word just to startle… — James Laughlin
In the end, my reasons for moving down the timeline and introducing a new cast have more to do with keeping myself entertained, on the… — Raymond E. Feist
I wish my readers took less of my time - about a third of my working time goes to them - but I love and… — Piers Anthony
The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship between the reader and the author. — Jerzy Kosinski
Don't try to anticipate an ideal reader - or any reader. He/she might exist - but is reading someone else. — Joyce Carol Oates
In a country this large and a language even larger ... there ought to be a living for somebody who cares and wants to entertain… — John Updike
By using stale metaphors, similes and idioms, you save much mental effort, at the cost of leaving your meaning vague, not only for your reader… — George Orwell
This will surprise some of your readers, but my primary interest is not with computer security. I am primarily interested in writing software that works… — Wietse Venema
I think people enjoy a series. When you like a story, many readers want more of the same, which is dandy, if the author and… — Sarah Zettel
I think the diversity of authors and readers is expanding, which is wonderful, because it means the type of story being told is also expanding. — Sarah Zettel
Readers have to be sought out and won to the light of the page, poem by poem, one by one by one. — C.D. Wright
Auto da Fay reveals the trickles of a creative sensibility that later became a tide, but essentially, Weldon the writer emerges only at the very… — Joanna Murray-Smith
There is nothing like Integral Dreaming in the literature. This is an ambitious undertaking and its readers will gain an in-depth understanding of dreams and… — Stanley Krippner
The ancient Greek philosopher Epictetus taught his students that what happens to them is not as important as what they believe happens to them. In… — Stanley Krippner
I have been an avid reader of 'Golf Digest' ever since I started playing this great game. — Paula Creamer
A serious life, by definition, is a life one reflects on, a life one tries to make sense of and bear witness to. Truth in… — Vivian Gornick
In hard-core science fiction in which characters are responding to a change in environment, caused by nature or the universe or technology, what readers want… — James Gunn
As a writer, you have control of the words you put on the page. But once that manuscript leaves your hand, you give control to… — Nicholas Meyer
Thank you, World Screen, for regularly providing me with excellent articles on international media topics. For me, World Screen is an important means of information-well-structured… — Gerhard Zeiler

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