Reader Quotes

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Authors have established it as a kind of rule, that a man ought to be dull sometimes; as the most severe reader makes allowances for… — Joseph Addison
In this article we begin to address the subject of vaccinosis, the general name for chronic dis-ease caused by vaccines. For some readers the very… — Richard Pitcairn
If I had a staff of even one person, or could tolerate a small amphetamine habit, or entertain the possibility of weekly blood transfusions, or… — Lorrie Moore
My biggest dream was to ruin the lives of my readers and crush their souls... And I really think that worked out pretty well for… — George R. R. Martin
We should not write so that it is possible for the reader to understand us, but so that it is impossible for him to misunderstand… — Quintilian
Making 'Birdsong,' on the one hand you have how prestigious it is and the reputation of the book, which is something that's an extraordinary piece… — Eddie Redmayne
The vitality of language lies in its ability to limn the actual, imagined and possible lives of its speakers, readers, writers. — Toni Morrison
Plate glass... has no beauty of its own. Ideally, you ought not to be able to see it at all, but through it you can… — Isaac Asimov
The publishing world is very timid. Readers are much braver. — Kiran Desai
For if there were a list of cosmic things that unite us, reader and writer, visible as it scrolled up into the distance, like the… — Mohsin Hamid
All I can guess is that when I write, I forget that it's not real. I'm living the story, and I think people can read… — Stephenie Meyer
The secret of popular writing is never to put more on a given page than the common reader can lap off it with no strain… — Ezra Pound
When I got into the Beatles, I must have only been about six or seven but old enough to take notice. We used to have… — Paul Weller
Lazy poets try to elicit a reader's response with words designed to tug at the heart. — Guy Gavriel Kay
To me, one of the greatest triumphs in doing a book is to tell the story as simply as possible. My aim is to imply… — Ezra Jack Keats
Teenagers are the greatest readers in the world - honest, unsnobby and loyal — Patrick Ness
It's a responsibility of the writer to get the reader out of the story somehow. — Michael Ondaatje
It's up to the reader to decipher the code, or the words, based on everything they know about life and emotions. — Jay Asher
If no one speaks out for [young readers], if they donâ€™t speak out for themselves, all theyâ€™ll get for required reading will be the most… — Judy Blume
It is the creator of fiction's point of view; it is the character who interests him. Sometimes he wants to convince the reader that the… — Raymond Queneau

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