Reader Quotes

2239 quotes by 1386 authors

The thing that makes me happiest about Simpsons Illustrated are all the drawings that we get from readers. I wish we could print them all.… — Matt Groening
Being a writer can be isolating. It's good to be among readers and booksellers. — Lev Grossman
I think every fantasy reader secretly believes they know how magic works. — Lev Grossman
The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing,… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Because the majority of my readers are women, I feel that one public service I can provide to them is to spread the message of… — Cathy Guisewite
That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from him the least time. — Charles Caleb Colton
Justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write because I have nothing to do; justice to myself induces me to add that… — Charles Caleb Colton
A great reader seldom recognizes his solitude. — Mason Cooley
The way a book is read, which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book can have as much to do with… — Norman Cousins
Readers probably haven't heard much about it yet, but they will. Quantum technology turns ordinary reality upside down. — Michael Crichton
I'm an ecumenical reader, grew up with all sorts of fiction, teach writing, went to the Iowa Writers' Workshop, so my tastes and interests are… — Justin Cronin
Some of the writers I admire who seem very, very funny and very emotional to me can develop a closeness with the reader without giving… — Sloane Crosley
Readers are paramount. I live to write books for them. — Jeffery Deaver
Thrillers provide the reader with a safe escape into a dangerous world where the stakes are as high as can be imagined with unpredictable outcomes.… — Ted Dekker
Certain readers resented me when they could no longer recognize their territory, their institution. — Jacques Derrida
'Drown' was always a hybrid book. It's connected stories - partially a story collection but partially a novel. I always wanted the reader to decide… — Junot Diaz
'A Princess of Mars' may not have exerted the same colossal pull that Tarzan had on the global imagination, but its influence on generations of… — Junot Diaz
I really am a believer that 99.99% of all the stories we need, not only as artists but as human beings, not only as writers… — Junot Diaz
I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is… — Junot Diaz
Like most lit nerds, I'm a voracious reader. I never got enough poetry under my belt growing up but I do read it - some… — Junot Diaz

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