Reader Quotes

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People like ourselves may see nothing wondrous in writing, but our anthropologists know how strange and magical it appears to a purely oral people -… — Neil Postman
We must be forewarned that only rarely does a text easily lend itself to the reader's curiosity... the reading of a text is a transaction… — Paulo Freire
A reader does not suddenly comprehend what is being read or studied, in a snap, miraculously. Comprehension needs to be worked forged, by those who… — Paulo Freire
Every genuinely literary style, from the high authorial voice to Foster Wallace and his footnotes-within-footnotes, requires the reader to see the world from somewhere in… — Zadie Smith
...But I don't think I'm the only person who is tired of books and movies full of paper-doll characters you don't care about, who have… — Olive Ann Burns
I have myself always been terrified of plagiarism - of being accused of it, that is. Every writer is a thief, though some of us… — Joseph Epstein
I think of every book as a single entity, and some have later gone on to become a series, often at the request of readers. — Lois Lowry
I think when you've had success, publishers and reviewers and readers are willing to let you try something new if you've already proven yourself. They're… — Lois Lowry
I tend to only read comics written by friends or people I've known. And I'm not a great comic reader. — Grant Morrison
I'm lucky to have a job doing something I really love to do, and I'm happy to accept the pressures of relentless deadlines or reader… — Grant Morrison
I grew up a big comic book reader, as a kid, and I love the whole fanboy crowd. — Joe Manganiello
First person allows deeper insight into the protagonist's character. It allows the reader to identify more fully with the protagonist and to share her world… — Juliet Marillier
Readers have actually changed the way I've done things, changed the course of my career even, about four or five times. Just from reader feedback. — Debbie Macomber
First and foremost, I consider myself a storyteller. And I'm endlessly fascinated with people, with what they do and why... and how they feel about… — Debbie Macomber
I think that's a hallmark of a really good story that it has readers that it speaks to more than others. — Erin Morgenstern
It is more raw and unfettered and I'm more likely going into something you could call extreme cartooning. There's a lot of that in the… — Frank Miller
I'm not very much of a reader really, because I find much of it very bad, very uninteresting, very speculative. — Henning Mankell
The very concept of history implies the scholar and the reader. Without a generation of civilized people to study history, to preserve its records, to… — George F. Kennan
It is the test of a novel writer's art that he conceal his snake-in-the-grass; but the reader may be sure that it is always there. — Anthony Trollope
Tell a story! Don't try to impress your reader with style or vocabulary or neatly turned phrases. Tell the story first! — Anne McCaffrey

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