Books Quote by Eleanor Catton

There's no way I'm going to write for other people.

— Brian Fallon

“I think about the reader. I care about the reader. Not “audience.” Not “readership.” Just the reader. That one person, alone in a room,…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

In the most self-protective of ways, I don't think about the reader when I'm writing - I just think about the story.

— Elizabeth Berg

I think when a reader reads a whole book - which takes six to ten hours - that’s kind of a gift to the…

— Po Bronson

I do think of my reader, or listener, really, more often, if I give a lecture, for example, and I know that I'm talking…

— William H. Gass

In general, I think, less is more, and that if a reader stops reading because a book is too icky then I've failed in…

— Jeffery Deaver

I don't think about the reader in any conscious way that impacts the writing, as far as, Hey, most readers would like this! But…

— John Brandon

I think that the reader should enrich what he is reading. He should misunderstand the text; he should change it into something else.

— Jorge Luis Borges

There are so many fun things that you live that you can write about and people of all ages can connect to.

— Maren Morris

Don't try to write what other people are writing - write what is true to you.

— Richard Paul Evans

For me, as a writer, I desperately want to be read. I'm very conscious of readers as I'm writing. I think, 'If you write…

— Matt Haig

“Please don't apologize for what you write. For some people your words will never be enough. If you write a female Jedi they’ll complain…

— Anonymous