Reader Quotes

2239 quotes by 1386 authors

My writing is a very authentic journey of discovery. I'm going out there to learn who I am. My readers, consequently, take the same journey… — Ted Dekker
I love the characters not knowing everything and the reader knowing more than them. There's more mischief in that and more room for seriousness, too. — Anne Enright
I believe it is important to speak to your readers in person... to enable people to have a whole picture of me; I have to… — Buchi Emecheta
I'm hopefully making the reader feel a lot about the characters and then about their own life. — Jeffrey Eugenides
I write contemporary fiction, and that is what my readers want to read. — Alex Flinn
I am becoming increasingly difficult to please as a reader, but I adore being surprised by a really wonderful book, written by someone I've never… — Alexandra Fuller
I was really influenced by Joan Didion and Pauline Kael; they were both at the height of their influence when I was coming into my… — Caitlin Flanagan
Girls are the best readers in the world. Reading is really a way of kind of escaping so deeply into yourself and pursuing your own… — Caitlin Flanagan
I've always been a little bit more of a novel reader than a short story reader. I think the first books that made me want… — Nell Freudenberger
I want to tell a story that makes the reader always want to see what will happen next. — Ken Follett
If I am communicating to my readers exactly what the White House believes on any certain issue, that's reporting to them an unvarnished, unfiltered version… — Jeff Gannon
I'm very intrigued by e-books, the topic du jour in the industry today. As a number one bestselling Kindle author, I love the way e-books… — Lisa Gardner
What I loved about romances was the character, and I think I still bring that to my novels. What romance taught me was that the… — Lisa Gardner
When it comes to locations, I'm one of those crazy authors who has to see it, touch it, taste it, before I trust myself to… — Lisa Gardner
I believe the most intricate plot won't matter much to readers if they don't care about the characters, especially in a series. So I try… — Jeff Abbott
It's not at all uncommon for a writer to get a ton of publicity for one book and then not get as much for the… — Jeff Abbott
The nicest notes I've received from readers are those that tell me I've gotten them back into reading for entertainment. For me, there is no… — Jeff Abbott
I actually have a young readers' series that I wanna do, kind of in the same lane as a Harry Potter or Narnia or Twilight.… — Jhene Aiko
It is more difficult to keep the attention of hearers than of readers. — Lascelles Abercrombie
Newspapers with declining circulations can complain all they want about their readers and even say they have no taste. But you will still go out… — Marc Andreessen

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