Readers Quotes

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Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will shortly be no… — Margaret Atwood
In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be unfaithful to him as often as they like, but he… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers. — Marcus Aurelius
I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle. But I'm lucky… — Ann Bancroft
The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by five hundred readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he… — Henry Adams
For people who are readers, reading is important to them. — Jeff Bezos
A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we know already. A true good read is surely an act… — Augustine Birrell
While editors and newspaper owners currently fret over shrinking readership and lost profits, they do the one thing that insures cutting their own throats; they… — Elayne Boosler
If you know how to read, you have a complete education about life, then you know how to vote within a democracy. But if you… — Ray Bradbury
Both my mum and dad were great readers, and we would go every Saturday morning to the library, and my sister and I had a… — Geraldine Brooks
I didn't want readers to have to make allowances for what they couldn't see, but to be able to say to themselves that the fabric… — Terry Brooks
So long as readers keep reading and my publishers keep publishing, I plan to keep on writing. I'd have to be an idiot to be… — Lee Child
I wanted readers to be genuinely unsure as to whether she's telling the truth or lying. It meant making her partly sympathetic, and partly unsympathetic,… — Lee Child
I have more freedom when I write fiction, but my memoirs have had a much stronger impact on my readers. Somehow the 'message,' even if… — Isabel Allende
I've never chased the dollar, I've always chased the reader's heart. I love having more readers. The more people who read it, the more thrilled… — Harlan Coben
The readers are the ones who let us live our dreams. I try to write books which are really compelling - that you'd take on… — Harlan Coben
My readers - and I get 400 emails for a day, my readers normally they say, well, you understand me, and I answer, you do… — Paulo Coelho
I did not know at first that it would be a series; I discovered after the first novel that I had more to say about… — Piers Anthony
I have always admired the work of Phil Farmer and was glad for the chance to work with him. Readers today may be too young… — Piers Anthony
I hope to read a Harry Potter novel soon, to see what it's all about. I admit to being annoyed that many good light fantasy… — Piers Anthony

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