Reader Quotes

2239 quotes by 1386 authors

I do think I was trying to entertain the reader more than I was trying to purge myself. — Curtis Sittenfeld
But I care about the reader, and I'm trying to keep the reader's attention for as long as I can. — Jeffrey Eugenides
I think that each of us inhabits a private world that others cannot see. The only difference between the writer and the reader is that… — John McGahern
Curation is more than packaging-it is to help readers [discern] what is important in the world. — Maria Popova
I ask the reader to remember that what is most obvious may be most worthy of analysis. Fertile vistas may open out when commonplace facts… — Lancelot Law Whyte
It is my object, in the following work, to travel over ground which has as yet been little explored and to make my reader acquainted… — Georges Cuvier
My books are inert as cordwood till a readers imagination ignites one and an old flame jumps to life. — David James Duncan
The golden rule of writing is to write what you care about. If you care about your topic, you'll do your best writing, and then… — Jerry Spinelli
I'd like to make people who see me in comic pantomime on the screen feel the way Mark Twain makes his readers feel. — Dorothy Gish
The writer's job, after all, is not to dictate meaning, but to give the reader enough pieces to create his or her own satisfying meaning.… — Celeste Ng
To all my friends, readers, and students:Â I apologize for not being able to write you directly, however the God and Goddess have given me new… — Donald Michael Kraig
The making of art is a profoundly social activity, even if itâ€™s one-on-one with some sort of ideal reader who doesnâ€™t exist. — August Kleinzahler
Poets, on the face of it, have either got to be easier or to write their own notes; readers have either got to take more… — William Empson
Green leaves on a dead tree is our epitaph-green leaves, dear reader, on a dead tree. — Cyril Connolly
The greatest compliment a writer can be given is that a story and character hold a reader spellbound. Im caught up in the story writing… — Iris Johansen
A book is always a dialogue with other readers and other books. — Tim O'Reilly
I have been a reader of Science Fiction and Fantasy for a long time, since I was 11 or 12 I think, so I understand… — Jean M. Auel
I don't write for publishers, certainly not for critics, and not for readers, But I am delighted that so many people have found my books… — Jean M. Auel
I don't have a great eye for detail. I leave blanks in all of my stories. I leave out all detail, which leaves the reader… — Garrison Keillor
Hugely enjoyable and insightfulGosling has produced the perfect combination of rigorous research and lightness of prose to create a book that will transform every reader… — Richard Wiseman

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