Their Readers Quotes

29 quotes by 25 authors

At the beginning of their careers many writers have a need to overwrite. They choose carefully turned-out phrases; they want to impress their readers with… — Jorge Luis Borges
[A writer] must try to think clearly, to feel deeply, to write honestly. If he is fortunate he will make a living, but his work… — Lawrence Clark Powell
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
Our popular economics writers, however, are not in the business of giving their readers a ringside seat on the research action; with no exception I… — Paul Krugman
People do amazing things for love. Books are full of wonderful stories about this kind of stuff, and stories arenâ€™t just fantasies, you know. Theyâ€™re… — Mahbod Seraji
Those who write against vanity want the glory of having written well, and their readers the glory of reading well, and I who write this… — Blaise Pascal
Books belong to their readers. — John Green
I've worked with many large and small publishers, and nearly all of them love the value that Instapaper provides to their readers. — Marco Arment
Newspapers with declining circulations can complain all they want about their readers and even say they have no taste. But you will still go out… — Marc Andreessen
The Internet offers authors and their readers a new diversity of opportunities and freedom. — Frederick Forsyth
I think a good writer is a mix of confidence (sure that what they're writing is going to appeal to their readers) and uncertainty (what… — Charles de Lint
Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves. — Aldous Huxley
Writers of novels and romance in general bring a double loss to their readers; robbing them of their time and money; representing men, manners, and… — Mary Wortley Montagu
Books themselves need no defense. Their spokesmen come and go, their readers live and die, they remain constant. — Lawrence Clark Powell
I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil. — Voltaire
People who were more concerned with themselves and looking good to their readers then they were with the characters sacrificed a series for the sake… — Len Wein
A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth… — Ursula K. Le Guin
People often ask me why my style is so simple. It is, in fact, deceptively simple, for no two sentences are alike. It is clarity… — Ruskin Bond
Of course I know that the twins are only words on a page, and I'm certainly not the sort of writer who talks to his… — Michel Faber
I don't believe that there are dangerous writers: the danger of certain books is not in the books themselves but in the passions of their… — Octavio Paz

Who Wrote These Their Readers Quotes

25 authors contributed a total of 29 Their Readers Quotes as follows: