Books Quote by Natalie Goldberg

I have to be careful. My readers are very detail-oriented, and if I make a mistake they'll call me on it.

— Rick Riordan

Details are our business as writers. Your heart leaps when you see a detail that can go somewhere

— Joan Didion

I don't have a great eye for detail. I leave blanks in all of my stories. I leave out all detail, which leaves the…

— Garrison Keillor

I suppose people might consider me a 'loose' reader, as I seem willing to read anything of quality thinking and prose.

— Chang-Rae Lee

I hope my novels will allow you to become lost in a world totally unlike the actual world we live in. I work hard…

— Jay Neugeboren

All the details of the life and the quirks and the friendships can be laid out for us, but the mystery of the writing…

— V. S. Naipaul

I never want to play down to the reader. I think readers are willing to go along if they're intrigued.

— Joseph Boyden

Fortunately, the world is full of people with information compulsion who want to tell you their stories. They want to tell you things that…

— Anonymous

The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship between the reader and the author.

— Jerzy Kosinski

I know the relationships, and I already know my characters and how I'm going to reveal my characters to my readers - how I'm…

— Janet Evanovich

I don't like people probing into my life, so I reveal as little as possible or lie about it as much as need be…

— David Bowie

I'm a storyteller; I write what I want to read.

— Jackie Collins