Able Quote by E. L. Doctorow

Don't try to anticipate an ideal reader - or any reader. He/she might exist - but is reading someone else.

— Joyce Carol Oates

I made a decision to write for my readers, not to try to find more readers for my writing.

— Seth Godin

Are you a reader? If you aren't a reader, you might as well forget trying to be a writer.

— Wallace Stegner

The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship between the reader and the author.

— Jerzy Kosinski

I am, really, a great writer; my only difficulty is in finding great readers.

— Frank Harris

Unless you're a terribly bad writer, you are never going to have too many readers.

— Andrew Wylie

I give my work to my wife first to read. Then, I try to find new people who haven't read my work before, to…

— Owen King

I suppose people might consider me a 'loose' reader, as I seem willing to read anything of quality thinking and prose.

— Chang-Rae Lee

“Readers & Writers Connect By Finding One Another”

— R. J. Harries

I'm a known reader. That's what I do with my time.

— Twyla Tharp

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

“And yet rereading a book can often be a more significant, dramatic, and, yes, new experience than encountering an unfamiliar work.”

— Alan Jacobs