Reader Quotes

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My relationship with my readers is somewhat theatrical. One of the main things I try to do in my work is delight my readers. — Mark Leyner
What really grabs me is when a reader writes to express her personal story and how a book helped her situation, or her acceptance of… — Lurlene McDaniel
At the same time, I think books create a sort of network in the reader's mind, with one book reinforcing another. Some books form relationships.… — Margaret Mahy
When you're free of editorial control, you owe it to yourself to obtain feedback from friends and readers. Some take those criticisms to heart and… — Scott McCloud
I feel like reading really defined me as a writer because I lived my life outside of my own body for so much of my… — Stephenie Meyer
I majored in journalism at Arizona State University, where I began writing the columns I write now, but I cannot, in good conscience, refer to… — Laurie Notaro
I'm not a big crime reader, but I'm reading Michael Connelly's 'The Reversal.' I'm going back to his novels. I'm also reading Keith Richards' 'Life.'… — Jo Nesbo
The only pressure I feel is to write good books. And to not replicate the previous book. Whether you have a thousand readers or a… — Jo Nesbo
But it seemed to me that as soon as you have computer storage you could put every point you wanted in - make the ones… — Ted Nelson
That the Op-Ed page is very important in readers' and the nation's perception of the Times, the perception of its editorial positions, and of its… — Daniel Okrent
At the end of the day, it's about the reader's attachment to and belief in the magical elements that make or break magical realism. — Tea Obreht
I'm not the best actor I can be, so I'm just working on it. I'm not the quickest reader in the world but when I… — Evan Peters
Poetry and prose are of equal importance to me as a reader, and there doesn't seem to be much difference in my own writing. — Kevin Powers
We were never organized readers who would see a book through to its end in any sory of logical order. We weave in and out… — Eleanor Brown
Write a nonfiction book, and be prepared for the legion of readers who are going to doubt your fact. But write a novel, and get… — Barbara Kingsolver
Writers think in metaphors. Editors work in metaphors. A great reader reads in metaphors. — Steven Pressfield
But the real life of a writer resides in showing up at the keyboard every day, with the necessary patience and mercy, and making the… — Steve Almond
It's good not only to realize that you can't please all of the people all of the time, but that you don't want to. There's… — Dennis Lehane
I think there's no excuse for the American poetry reader not knowing a good deal about what is going on in the rest of the… — James Laughlin
I think there is a great difference, in that when the poet is reading you get the whole personality of the person, especially if he's… — James Laughlin

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