Books Quote by Joshua Mohr

As I see it, my job as a writer isn't to judge, but to take a reader as far inside as I can and…

— Adam Haslett

It is the job of the novelist to touch the reader.

— Elizabeth George

“Drawing conclusions is up to the jury, that is, the readers. My only job is to be talented, that is, to know how to…

— Janet Malcolm

The writer's job is not to judge, but to seek to understand.

— Ernest Hemingway

My job as the writer is to fool you. Your job as the reader is to see if you can catch me at it.

— Sue Grafton

I believe the writer... should always be the final judge. I have always held to that position and have sometimes seen books hurt thereby,…

— Maxwell Perkins

To me, the writer's main job is to just make the story unscroll in such a way that the reader is snared - she's…

— George Saunders

Writing novels preserves you in a state of innocence - a lot passes you by - simply because your attention is otherwise diverted.

— Anita Brookner

“The job of the writer is to change the way the reader sees the world.”

— after Richard Ford

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

— Po Bronson

The writer's first job is not to have opinions but to tell the truth... and refuse to be an accomplice of lies and misinformation.…

— Susan Sontag

That is the joy of reading fiction: when all is said and done, the novel belongs to the reader and his or her imagination.

— Alice Hoffman