Reader Quotes

2239 quotes by 1386 authors

All of my books now come from readers' ideas. — Ann Rule
I write books I'd enjoy reading, I'm the reader standing behind my shoulder. — Salman Rushdie
As a writer, one of the things we all learned from the movies was a kind of compression that didn't exist before people were used… — Salman Rushdie
I think, in a written novel, the way in which you play with the readers' emotion or the way in which you engage the readers'… — Salman Rushdie
I'm a reader of Chinese literature, I like their films, but also: I've had great difficulty getting my work published in China; very little of… — Salman Rushdie
To me, the writer's main job is to just make the story unscroll in such a way that the reader is snared - she's right… — George Saunders
For me, the game would be to assume a very intelligent reader who can extrapolate a lot from a little. And that's become my definition… — George Saunders
When you read a short story, you come out a little more aware and a little more in love with the world around you. What… — George Saunders
When I need a word and do not find it in French, I select it from other tongues, and the reader has either to understand… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
The government's view is that the best time to announce bad news, news that it doesn't want the public to dwell on is late on… — Bob Schieffer
A critic is a reader who ruminates. Thus, he should have more than one stomach. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
I'm very happy for whatever plaudits might come the way of my work, but I never ever sit down to write x with y in… — Will Self
Poetry, I think, intensifies the reader's experience. If it's a humorous facet of the story, poetry makes it more exuberant. If it's a sad facet,… — Vikram Seth
Dear though the reader might be, I'd be silly to cater to what the reader wanted. — Vikram Seth
Usually, when people get to the end of a chapter, they close the book and go to sleep. I deliberately write a book so when… — Sidney Sheldon
If there is any secret to my success, I think it's that my characters are very real to me. I feel everything they feel, and… — Sidney Sheldon
I worked in Hollywood as a reader and a would-be writer for about 6 years before I sold my first story. — Sidney Sheldon
I trust, that your readers will not construe my words to mean, that I would not have gone to a 3 o'clock in the morning… — Gerrit Smith
My parents were very well read. They were both New Englanders, not highly educated, but they had a sophisticated... they were both very humanistic, and… — Patti Smith
Authors can only soft sell the environment. Create a wonderful story around the environment involving the characters that leaves a lasting impression on the reader's… — Wilbur Smith

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