Reader Quotes

2239 quotes by 1386 authors

Reader loyalty will stay because I'm not changing. — Karen Kingsbury
I don't laugh that much, but I do like humorous books, and I like to entertain readers that way. — Jonathan Ames
I've worked with many large and small publishers, and nearly all of them love the value that Instapaper provides to their readers. — Marco Arment
People want to download publications quickly and read them without cruft. Publications that started in print carry too much baggage and usually have awful apps.… — Marco Arment
I have no interest in writing confessions, in deliberately baring myself to my readers. I prefer to remain behind a screen. — Louis Begley
I wanted to create a heroine that was flawed. I wanted her to be a real person. She's selfish, she's childish, she's immature and because… — Amber Benson
There was no difference between my characters and the life my readers were going to have to face. — Carl Barks
I've seen the odd tarot reader and had my palm read in various countries and explained to me in many strains of broken English. Did… — Simon Baker
I want you, as a reader, to experience what I experience, to let that other world, that imaginary world that I have created, tell you… — Terry Brooks
Readers are made by readers - it is so obvious it is almost banal to say it. — Aidan Chambers
You become a reader by reading the literature, not by reading the handbooks about it. — Aidan Chambers
Sometimes a book is better than it ever had a right to be because of the history the reader brings to the reading and because… — Chris Crutcher
A novel requires a certain kind of world-building and also a certain kind of closure, ultimately. Whereas with a short story you have this sense… — Dan Chaon
I have always loved 'Stig of the Dump.' I think reading that book made me officially realise that I was a reader. — Eoin Colfer
As readers can probably tell from my books, I love the outdoors. — Sharon Creech
At the core, I try to write characters who are real people with real insecurities, fears, hopes, and dreams, which is why hopefully readers can… — Ally Carter
Even if I only had 10 readers, I'd rather do the book for them than for a million readers online. — Daniel Clowes
Instapaper wouldn't be of as much value if it weren't for these mobile and e-reader devices. They give you a separate physical context for reading. — Marco Arment
The easiest way for readers to connect with characters and feel sympathy is to make the character entertaining, sympathetic and likeable. — Randa Abdel-Fattah
Greenwich Village always had its share of mind readers, but there are many more these days, and they seem to have moved closer to the… — Aravind Adiga

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