Books Quote by Garry Trudeau

I always like to entertain, first of all, and if the readers take anything away from it that helps them with their own lives,…

— Cecelia Ahern

The responsibility that I ultimately feel to the audience is to entertain, maybe enlighten, and help you take your mind off messy things.

— Wendy Williams

In terms of whether I use humor to allow me or my readers to come up for air, I don't think I put that…

— Daniel Olivas

If I'm making myself laugh, I figure most of my readers will be amused as well.

— Jim C. Hines

I feel that I have a responsibility to my audience.

— KK

It's not my job to tell people what to think. If I can actually in some way help the readers' own creative thinking, then…

— Alan Moore

All writers want to know that someone is reading their work, taking them seriously. It provides a kind of moral support.

— Felice Picano

I have a total responsibility to the reader. The reader has to trust me and never feel betrayed.

— Peter Schjeldahl

I feel no obligation to teach my readers anything, to impart any sort of wisdom, to teach any sort of lesson, to instill any…

— Michael Ian Black

I think humor is a very serious thing. I use it as a way of weakening the reader's defenses so that I can more…

— William Collins

“Soon after you confront the matter of preserving your identity, another question will occur to you: “Who am I writing for?” It’s a fundamental…

— William Zinsser

But I care about the reader, and I'm trying to keep the reader's attention for as long as I can.

— Jeffrey Eugenides