Attention Quote by Michelle Dean

Writers themselves benefit from all helpful information about their task and methods. Readers, in turn, can have both their understanding and appreciation of literature…

— Leland Ryken

Those who relish the study of character may profit by the reading of good works of fiction, the product of well-established authors.

— Richard Whately

Good writers have two things in common: they prefer to be understood rather than admired; and they do not write for knowing and over-acute…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

A good writer is always a people watcher.

— Judy Blume

Readers want a good book; it's a writer's job to give it to them.

— Sylvia Day

What's not realized about good novelists is that they're as competitive as good athletes. They study each other - where the other person is…

— Norman Mailer

A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world…

— Joseph Addison

“A real and admirable writer is the one who can write good books but can take criticisms better.”

— Nicholaa Spencer

I am never much interested in the effects of what I write…I seldom read with any attention the reviews of my...books. Two times out…

— H. L. Mencken

A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind.

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

Here's the thing: Authors live or die by recommendations. [That's one of the reason I review so many books on Goodreads.] Giving books you…

— Patrick Rothfuss

The main advantage of being a reviewer is that you read a lot. A lot of books get sent to you, and you have…

— Lev Grossman