Readers Quotes
1021 Readers quotes by 739 unique authors
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I'll probably never produce a masterpiece, but so what? I feel I have a Sound aborning, which is my own, and that Sound if erratic…
— Lester Bangs
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I don't really believe in palm readers and crystal balls and tarot cards, but I respond to the need for them.
— Stephan Jenkins
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With James Reese’s vivid and chilling novel, readers will gain a whole new appreciation of two gothic landmarks, Dracula and Jack the Ripper. Not only…
— Matthew Pearl
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Write good content about stuff that you love. Readers will find you.
— Michael Arrington
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The novel as a form is usually seen to be moral if its readers consider freedom, individuality, democracy, privacy, social connection, tolerance and hope to…
— Jane Smiley
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I suppose, I hoped, by setting a particularly brutal ancient rite in the present and in my own village to shock the story's readers with…
— Shirley Jackson
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As readers can probably tell from my books, I love the outdoors. I love to hike, kayak, and swim. I also love to read (which…
— Sharon Creech
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As writers we must, from our very opening sentence, speak with authority to our readers.
— Michael Cunningham
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I want to set up a new standard: ‘scientific journalism.’ If you publish a paper on DNA, you are required, by all the good biological…
— Julian Assange
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Jerel Law has crafted a fantastic story that will leave every reader wanting more. Stop looking for the next great read in fantasy fiction for…
— Robert Liparulo
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The trick is to realize that one is not important, except insofar as one’s example can serve to elucidate a more widespread human trait and…
— Phillip Lopate
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I come from a family of great readers and storytellers.
— Katherine Dunn
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In my opinion, trying to guess what readers want is the wrong approach. You have to tell your story as best you can and as…
— Jeannette Walls
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I do not think that a flight across the Atlantic will be made in our time, and in our time I include the youngest readers.
— Unknown Author
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Some readers tell me, 'We always treated our maid like she was a member of the family.' You know, that's interesting, but I wonder what…
— Kathryn Stockett
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Gary Shteyngart has written a memoir for the ages. I spat laughter on the first page and closed the last with wet eyes. Un-put-down-able in…
— Mary Karr
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The comments I most appreciate come from ordinary readers who've happened on one of my books at some time of stress in their lives, and…
— Fred Saberhagen
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The reality of a serious writer is a reality of many voices, some of them belonging to the writer, some of them belonging to the…
— Aberjhani
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Rock and rollers can get you the youth buzz, and younger people are fanatical readers.
— James Ellroy
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Foolish writers and readers are created for each other.
— Horace Walpole
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I get letters from readers who say that they have always hated reading, but somebody suggested one of my books, they actually finished the book…
— Caroline B. Cooney
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I believe my readers are crazy about their parents and want to be just like them when they grow up
— Caroline B. Cooney
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A playwright must be his own audience. A novelist may lose his readers for a few pages; a playwright never dares lose his audience for…
— Terence Rattigan
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If any of [my stories] succeed in causing their readers to feel pleasantly uncomfortable when walking along a solitary road at nightfall, or sitting over…
— M. R. James
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Portraits of the Mind is a remarkable book that combines beautifully reproduced illustrations of the nervous system as it has been visualized over the centuries,…
— Unknown Author
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