Being yourself Quote by Jonathan Dee

My theory about writing is that one should write books you'd like to read, but no one else has written yet. So, as long…

— Charles de Lint

One of the reasons why I don't write the same kind of book again and again is that I get bored very easily, so…

— Tibor Fischer

Every good book should be entertaining. A good book will be more; it must not be less. Entertainment…is like a qualifying examination. If a…

— Anonymous

The one thing you have to do if you write a book is put yourself in someone else's shoes. The reader's shoes. You've got…

— Mark Haddon

You have to be a lover of books without expecting more of them than they give - a little pleasure, a little insight, a…

— Anne Roiphe

My purpose is to entertain and please myself. I feel that if I am entertained, then there will be enough other readers who will…

— Elmore Leonard

My goal is to teach readers how to treat and respect themselves and each other in an entertaining way. I do that in all…

— Lisi Harrison

If you've got a good book with you, you're never bored (or alone).

— Amy Dickinson

I'm more influenced by my own interests than anyone else's. Writers have to entertain themselves, or they can't entertain anyone else

— Laurell K. Hamilton

Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful.

— Roald Dahl

I grew up reading not-serious literature, like comic books and pulp novels, so my instinct is to amuse the reader and entertain.

— Kevin Wilson

“Books to enthral as well as entertain”

— Keith Hoare