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Reader Quotes by Anton Chekhov
- A litterateur is not a confectioner, not a dealer in cosmetics, not an entertainer. . . . He is just like an ordinary reporter. What…
- When you describe the miserable and unfortunate, and want to make the reader feel pity, try to be somewhat colder - that seems to give…
- In descriptions of Nature one must seize on small details, grouping them so that when the reader closes his eyes he gets a picture. For…
- When describing nature, a writer should seize upon small details, arranging them so that the reader will see an image in his mind after he…
- In descriptions of nature one must seize on small details, grouping them so that when the reader closes his eyes he gets a picture.
- When you want to touch the reader's heart, try to be colder. It gives their grief as it were, a background, against which it stands…
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- All readers come to fiction as willing accomplices to your lies. Such is the basic goodwill contract made the moment we pick… — Steve Almond
- A book is made better by good readers and clearer by good opponents. — Friedrich Nietzsche
- Sometimes language gets in the way of the story's feelings. The reader finds himself experiencing the language of the story rather than… — Leonard Michaels
- Nothing is more satisfying than to write a good sentence. It is no fun to write lumpishly, dully, in prose the reader… — Barbara Tuchman