Reader Quotes

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Before writers are writers they are readers, living in books, through books, in the lives of others that are also the heads of others, in… — Rebecca Solnit
Grabbing readers by the imagination is a writer's job. — Sara Sheridan
A portable friend to all readers-especia lly but not only women-who need to learn that the Golden Rule works only if it's reversible: We must… — Gloria Steinem
When you write from the heart, you not only light the dark path of your readers, you light your own way as well. — Marjorie Holmes
From journalism I learned to write under pressure, to work with deadlines, to have limited space and time, to conduct and interview, to find information,… — Isabel Allende
I'd have described myself as a Tolkien reader before this, but now I'd describe myself as a Tolkien geek. — Richard Armitage
What lasts in the reader's mind is not the phrase but the effect the phrase created: laughter, tears, pain, joy. If the phrase is not… — Isaac Asimov
Inspirational and will challenge readers to get involved in the lives of others to make a difference. Thank you for sharing your wonderful insight and… — Mary Fallin
I cannot pretend I am without fear. But my predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved; I have been given… — Oliver Sacks
If you can make the reader laugh he is apt to get careless and go on reading. — Henry Green
Like translation itself, Asymptote is a fluid web reaching out to all sides, bringing texts and readers together, through the most improbable and marvelous of… — Jonathan Littell
Reading is performance. The reader--the child under the blanket with a flashlight, the woman at the kitchen table, the man at the library desk--performs the… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Are you a reader? If you aren't a reader, you might as well forget trying to be a writer. — Wallace Stegner
The cry that 'fantasy is escapist' compared to the novel is only an echo of the older cry that novels are 'escapist' compared with biography,… — Tom Shippey
You cannot invent an algorithm that is as good at recommending books as a good bookseller, and that's the secret weapon of the bookstore -… — John Green
People are going to die who don't die in the books, so even the book readers will be unhappy. So everybody better be on their… — George R. R. Martin
Write every day; never give up; it's supposed to be difficult; try to find some pleasure and reward in the act of writing, because you… — J. R. Moehringer
The secret to editing your work is simple: you need to become its reader instead of its writer. — Zadie Smith
Believe in the reader and they can connect the dots, if you succeed breathe life into the story — Esther Freud
Trust your reader. Not everything needs to be explained. If you really know something, and breathe life into it, they'll know it too. — Esther Freud

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