Books Quote by Mary Roberts Rinehart

The reader has certain rights. He bought your story. Think of this as an implicit contract. He's entitled to be entertained, instructed, amused; maybe…

— Larry Niven

There's a contract that I make between myself, the author, and the reader. I have to figure out how to give the reader certain…

— Toni Morrison

The reader has to be creative when he's reading. He has to try to make the thing alive. A good reader has to do…

— Nathalie Sarraute

My ideal relationship with the reader is that at certain points they will have said, 'I'm finding this quite tough, but I'm going to…

— Sebastian Faulks

Kids, if anything, are harder to write for because they are a more discerning audience. They will not stay with you if you go…

— Rick Riordan

A lot of people who don't write for kids think it's easy, because they think kids aren't as smart as they are, or that…

— Brian Selznick

It's harder to write two people happy and in love than two people fighting and driving each other crazy.

— Shelley Long

The rain comes down harder as I write. It sheets off the roof in torrents. I wish it would pound against me. Pound the…

— Jennifer Donnelly

In an odd way I thought I was lowering the bar for myself, in saying, well, I'll make a pop album. But in a…

— Jason Pierce

“I feel pretty good about it so far, but it's been a little harder to write than I'd hoped.”

— Peter Davis

I think it's exciting because it pushes you harder to write a great song. Even for established artists, it has to be really good…

— Nina Nesbitt

I think it would be harder for me not to write comedy because the comic view of things is the one that comes most…

— Richard Russo