Reader Quotes

2239 quotes by 1386 authors

I have realised just how important it is to readers to feel that fictional stories are based on reality. — Nicole Krauss
I think of novels as houses. You live in them over the course of a long period, both as a reader and as a writer. — Nicole Krauss
If the book is a mystery to its author as she's writing, inevitably it's going to be a mystery to the reader as he or… — Nicole Krauss
One of the strategies for doing first-person is to make the narrator very knowing, so that the reader is with somebody who has a take… — Rachel Kushner
I've had to work hard all my life, and I will never, ever ask a fan or reader to pay for something I've rushed. It's… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I like connecting the abstract to the concrete. There's a tension in that. I believe the reader or listener should be able to enter the… — Yusef Komunyakaa
By definition, memoir demands a certain degree of introspection and self-disclosure: In order to fully engage a reader, the narrator has to make herself known,… — Caroline Knapp
All prizes have a role, if they are run with integrity and with a clear focus on reading and quality writing. I don't think any… — Kate Mosse
I write for a certain sphere of readers in the United States who on average watch seven and a half hours of multichannel television per… — Jerzy Kosinski
I'm a huge classics fan. I love Ernest Hemingway and J.D. Salinger. I'm that guy who rereads a book before I read newer stuff, which… — John Krasinski
Without sounding pompous, I really do feel that I have a set of standards that I must adhere to, even leaving aside considerations of what… — Jonathan Kellerman
I'm proud of what I write and feel endorsed by my readers. — Marian Keyes
The one reader I'm trying to please as I write is me, and I'm pretty difficult to please. — Sara Zarr
When the reader and one narrator know something the other narrator does not, the opportunities for suspense and plot development and the shifting of reader… — Sara Zarr
Part of the transaction between writer and reader is the pleasure of building a community and encouraging people to play along. — John Hodgman
What if most of the technologies readers and cinemagoers are presented with in bestselling books and blockbuster movies are not science fiction, but science fact?… — James Morcan
Teaching Plato in Palestine shows how philosophical thinking can illuminate important topics-in particular, the problem of finding ways to engage people with opposed ideologies in… — Gary Gutting
I like to think that each book I start is a completely new departure But Iâ€™ve learned that whatever you do, readers will have no… — Ian Mcewan
I think it's important that readers know that not every celebrity is a freak. — Shania Twain
The Novelist As Teacherâ€: â€œI would be quite satisfied if my novels (especially the ones I set in the past) did no more than teach… — Chinua Achebe

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