Kind Quote by Felice Picano

I do like people to read the books twice, because I write my novels about ideas which concern me deeply and I think are…

— William Golding

Many writers lay very great stress upon some definite moral purpose, at which they profess to aim their works.

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

One of the problems we have as writers is we don't take ourselves seriously while writing; being serious is setting aside a time and…

— Maya Angelou

A piece of writing has to seduce the reader; it has to suspend disbelief and earn the reader's trust.

— Po Bronson

Writers take words seriously-perhaps the last professional class that does-and they struggle to steer their own through the crosswinds of meddling editors and careless…

— John Updike

The central function of imaginative literature is to make you realize that other people act on moral convictions different from your own.

— William Empson

I am the kind of writer that people think other people are reading.

— V. S. Naipaul

People forget that writers start off being readers. We all love it when we find a terrific read, and we want to let people…

— Karin Slaughter

Readers want a good book; it's a writer's job to give it to them.

— Sylvia Day

It is an author's primary duty to entertain. Sling out all the philosophical terms, but keep the reader turning the page.

— Susan Howatch

“We have our responsibilities as readers and even our importance. The standards we raise and the judgments we pass steal in the air and…

— Virginia Woolf

Whether you've done anything wrong or not people will write whatever they want, so it's just a matter of not reading it, not buying…

— Holly Valance