Reader Quotes

2239 quotes by 1386 authors

We are trying to communicate that which lies in our deepest heart, which has no words, which can only be hinted at through the means… — Katherine Paterson
If the writer were more like a reader, heâ€™d be a reader, not a writer. Itâ€™s as uncomplicated as that. — Julian Barnes
Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There are almost as many kinds of libraries as there are kinds of readers. — Daniel Handler
It is as true for the writer as for the reader that any novel worth its ink should be an experience first and foremostâ€”not an… — David Wroblewski
The appeal of the spectrally macabre is generally narrow because it demands from the reader a certain degree of imagination and a capacity for detachment… — H P Lovecraft
Don't worry about how pretty (the story) sounds, how lilting it is, and the imagery, and the metaphor, all that. Most readers don't care. It's… — Terry McMillan
If only youâ€™d remember before ever you sit down to write that youâ€™ve been a reader long before you were ever a writer. You simply… — J D Salinger
You have a very open relationship with your fans." "Yes. We have an open relationship. Obviously they can see other authors if they want, and… — Neil Gaiman
The poem has a social effect of some kind whether or not the poet wills it to have. It has a kenetic force, it sets… — Denise Levertov
That'd be just what I need: a rash of car thefts across America, committed by dedicated readers. — James Patterson
The daily press is the evil principle of the modern world, and time will only serve to disclose this fact with greater and greater clearness.… — Soren Kierkegaard
I like to think of what happens to characters in good novels and stories as knots--things keep knotting up. And by the end of the… — Terry McMillan
Reader, do you think it is a terrible thing to hope when there is really no reason to hope at all? Or is it (as… — Kate DiCamillo
From fire, water, the passage of time, neglectful readers, and the hand of the censor, each of my books has escaped to tell me its… — Alberto Manguel
I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles. — Arthur Conan Doyle
I love seeing the bookshops and meeting the booksellers-- booksellers really are a special breed. No one in their right mind would take up clerking… — Mary Ann Shaffer
If there is an amateur reader still left in the worldâ€”or anybody who just reads and runsâ€”I ask him or her, with untellable affection and… — J D Salinger
Best-selling horror fiction is indeed necessarily conservative because it must entertain a large number of readers. Itâ€™s like network television. Iâ€™m your local cable access… — Thomas Ligotti
I hate those endless descriptions of a heroine's physical attributes . . . it really bothers me how in books it seems like the only… — E. Lockhart

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