Books Quote by Joseph Boyden

Don't try to anticipate an ideal reader - or any reader. He/she might exist - but is reading someone else.

— Joyce Carol Oates

I think that people who don't mind reading find the immersion and their ability to get into a deeper place with the story to…

— Rick Remender

I'm not very much of a reader really, because I find much of it very bad, very uninteresting, very speculative.

— Henning Mankell

I think readers are just looking for things that maybe they recognize or can relate to in the books.

— Sarah Dessen

I'm not a reader myself, so I don't expect anyone else to be.

— Paul Gilbert

I suppose people might consider me a 'loose' reader, as I seem willing to read anything of quality thinking and prose.

— Chang-Rae Lee

My interest is always to get as deeply as I can into the minds and spirits of the characters and let the readers empathize…

— Adam Haslett

Dear though the reader might be, I'd be silly to cater to what the reader wanted.

— Vikram Seth

The experience of reading is very interesting because you put yourself in the character's shoes and everything they're discovering, you marry the experience.

— Ashley Zukerman

I've never worried about 'the reader' because there isn't one. There are thousands, and they all have strong opinions, from 'Magician' was the best…

— Raymond E. Feist

I feel a great connection with my readers and would never want to disappoint them.

— Emily Giffin

I think that if you write what you love to read, that will be what your audience wants to read, too.

— Sarah Mlynowski