Books Quote by Mason Cooley

Sometimes writing it is a good way to understand something.

— Uzodinma Iweala

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

— Vikram Seth

“Always remember that writing is an alliance between author and reader. With every line we put down on the page, we need to leave…

— Hal Zina Bennett

The idea that the reader is important enough to me that I'd tailor my words to either please or offend them always seems amusingly…

— Jim Goad

There are things better left untouched by words …

— Anna Kamienska

I love it when people want to interpret my books.

— China Mieville

To leave a book is like leaving the better part of oneself.

— Dacia Maraini

Readers want what is important to be clearly laid out; they will not read what is too troublesome.

— Jan Tschichold

The words that matter always stay.

— David Levithan

In common use almost every word has many shades of meaning, and therefore needs to be interpreted by the context.

— Alfred Marshall

Leave out the parts that readers tend to skip.

— Henry Miller

The better the book the more room for the reader.

— Holbrook Jackson