Reader Quotes

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The one test of the really weird (story) is simply this--whether or not there be excited in the reader a profound sense of dread, and… — H P Lovecraft
GENTLE READER: You, sir, are an anarchist, and Miss Manners is frightened to have anything to do with you. It is true that questioning the… — Judith Martin
The only end of writing is to enable readers better to enjoy life or better to endure it. — Samuel Johnson
I'd like to thank readers. Every time you open a book, it is a strike against ignorance. Unless you're reading Sarah Palin. — Libba Bray
Don't watch" the redheaded mind reader whispered. I closed my eyes. — Stephenie Meyer
The ideal reader cannot sleep when holding the writer he was meant to be with. — Zadie Smith
The thing to remember when you're writing," he said, " is, it's not whether or not what you put on paper is true. It's whether… — Charles de Lint
When I work, I'm just translating the world around me in what seems to be straightforward terms. For my readers, this is sometimes a vision… — Don DeLillo
I will tell you a little secret about archaeologists, dear Reader. They all pretend t be very high-minded. They claim that their sole aim in… — Barbara Mertz
Itâ€™s never going to be very mainstream. One reason is that poetry requires concentration, both on the part of the writer and the reader. But… — Simon Armitage
It has often been said thereâ€™s so much to be read, you never can cram all those words in your head. So the writer who… — Dr. Seuss
What readers ask nowadays in a book is that it should improve, instruct and elevate. This book wouldn't elevate a cow. I cannot conscientiously recommend… — Jerome K. Jerome
A writer, or at least a poet, is always being asked by people who should know better: â€œWhom do you write for?â€ The question is,… — Wystan Hugh Auden
They belong to their readers now, which is a great thingâ€“because the books are more powerful in the hands of my readers than they could… — John Green
To represent a bad thing in its least offensive light is, doubtless, the most agreeable course for a writer of fiction to pursue; but is… — Anne Bronte
Question (from a reader) : Will the Wise Goddess Athena overthrow Zeus and become the ruler of Olympus? Athena's answer : What an interesting idea… — Rick Riordan
You learn to write by writing, and by reading and thinking about how writers have created their characters and invented their stories. If you are… — Jean M. Auel
Lionel whispered because he was under the impression that it was out of respect for books, not consideration for readers. — William Saroyan
If poets often commit suicide, it is not because their poems are bad but because they are good. Whoever heard of a bad poet committing… — Walker Percy
Writing is.... being able to take something whole and fiercely alive that exists inside you in some unknowable combination of thought, feeling, physicality, and spirit,… — Mary Gaitskill

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