Reader Quotes

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Remember, if you don't feel passionate about the characters and subject of your story, your readers won't either. — Meg Cabot
One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry. — Nathalie Sarraute
The reader has to be creative when he's reading. He has to try to make the thing alive. A good reader has to do a… — Nathalie Sarraute
One thing you really have to watch as a writer is getting on a soapbox or pulpit about anything. You don't want to alienate readers. — John Grisham
The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place. — Macaulay Culkin
Each reader has to find her or his own message within a book. — Laurie Halse Anderson
The first line is the DNA of the poem; the rest of the poem is constructed out of that first line. A lot of it… — Billy Collins
The poem is not, as someone put it, deflective of entry. But the real question is, 'What happens to the reader once he or she… — Billy Collins
I think the thinking is, in the comic books, I should pack as much onto a page as possible, because, you know, it's kind of… — Chester Brown
I would like to provoke ambiguous responses in my readers. — James Ellroy
I simply write with an intelligent reader in mind. I don't think about how old they are. — Robert Cormier
I think there are readers out there and I don't think the book is dead. And more importantly I don't think readers have to choose… — Jodi Picoult
The act of writing... is the act of trying to understand why my opinion is what it is. And ultimately, I think that's the same… — Jodi Picoult
To me, the print business model is so simple, where readers pay a dollar for all the content within, and that supports the enterprise. — Dave Eggers
As much as I encourage communication with my readers, I don't want reviews from them, simply because I don't need to be hamstrung in the… — Christopher Moore
In the polls, over 80% support the right to die and have done for the last 25 years. Even 80% of practising Catholics and Protestants… — Polly Toynbee
Proust is a hero of mine. I read 'A la recherche' in one go, and I'm a very slow reader. It had an astonishing impact,… — Edward St Aubyn
President Kennedy was a voracious reader and was forever coming up with fascinating bits of information. — Pierre Salinger
I'm a fan of meeting readers face to face, at reader events, where we're able to sit down and take some time to talk. — Suzanne Brockmann
I write about the trials and triumphs of contemporary life - and often the readers see themselves between the lines of the story. — Karen Kingsbury

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