Books Quote by David Bezmozgis

The relationship between reader and characters is very difficult. It is even more peculiar than the relationship between the writer and his characters.

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Reading is a creative activity. You have to visualize the characters, you have to hear what the voices sound like.

— Madeleine L'Engle

Readers need to see themselves between the lines of the story.

— Karen Kingsbury

The relationship between reader and writer is reciprocal in a way. We co-create each other. We are constantly emerging out of the relationship we…

— Ruth Ozeki

A good reader is nearly as rare as a good writer. People bring their prejudices, whether friendly or adverse. They are lamp and spectacles,…

— Robert Aris Willmott

Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of themselves to the book, then they'll only see their…

— Ben Okri

If the writer were more like a reader, he’d be a reader, not a writer. It’s as uncomplicated as that.

— Julian Barnes

There isn't any distinction between a reader and a writer - reading is so much a part of it.

— Dermot Healy

Readers don't work for writers. They work for themselves.

— Mohsin Hamid

Each reader needs to bring his or her own mind and heart to the text.

— Dean Koontz

What I do believe is that there is always a relationship between writing and reading, a constant interplay between the writer on the one…

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

In a novel, the relationship between writer and reader is such a pure one.

— Howard Gordon