Books Quote by Kenneth Koch

My ideal reader is somebody who reads my poems out loud.

— James Arthur

My main reader was my wife Sheila, and I haven't written a lot since she died.

— Dan Chaon

I'm my own "ideal reader" in the sense that I write novels that I would want to read.

— Steve Erickson

Sometimes, I like to imagine the perfect reader - the reader who not just understands what I am about, but soaks up every word…

— Paul Lynch

Whenever I write, I'm always thinking of the reader.

— Manuel Puig

I think of myself as writing for one person, that one perfect reader who understands and loves.

— Anne Sexton

A writer, or at least a poet, is always being asked by people who should know better: “Whom do you write for?” The question…

— Anonymous

Sometimes people ask, 'If you'd never had a reader, would you carry on writing?' No.

— Emma Healey

I've always been a reader and a writer.

— Laini Taylor

I have no precise idea of who makes up my readership. I'm surprised when I discover people have read my poems at all.

— Cate Marvin

I'm not a writer who thinks about writing only for themselves; I do always have a reader in mind.

— Emma Healey

I usually write for the individual reader -though I would like to have many such readers. There are some poets who write for people…

— Wislawa Szymborska