Books Quote by E. M. Forster

Novels are . . . an unsurpassed form to understand people.

— Henning Mankell

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

— Howard Gordon

A reader should encounter themselves in a novel, I think.

— Mohsin Hamid

Few authors understand themselves, and a proper reader must not only understand his author but also be able to see beyond him

— Johann Georg Hamann

People who don't read seem to me mysterious. I don't know how they think or learn about other people. Novels are a very important…

— Nina Bawden

Wonderful thing about novels is that sometimes we read a novel and we know the person in the novel more than we know people…

— Edwidge Danticat

To be understood a writer has to explain almost everything.

— Eugene Delacroix

I'm an avid reader myself, and what any one reader accesses at any one time is very powerful and personal to them. Clearly you…

— Darren Boyd

An able reader often discovers in other people's writings perfections beyond those that the author put in or perceived, and lends them richer meanings…

— Michel de Montaigne

reading is a private act, private even from the person who wrote the book. Once the novel is out there, the author is beside…

— Ann Patchett

“Readers often feel they know an author because they’ve read their books. To a degree, this is often true. We write from our individual…

— Cheryl St.John

The book is finished by the reader. A good novel should invite the reader in and let the reader participate in the creative experience…

— Alan Lightman