Books Quote by Nicole Krauss

Each reader needs to bring his or her own mind and heart to the text.

— Dean Koontz

Reading yields a wish to write, I think, except if the reading is dull and uninspiring.

— Joyce Carol Oates

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

It's hard for me to believe that people who read very little (or not at all in some cases) should presume to write and…

— Stephen King

I think there's a fine line between being so obtuse that you lose the reader completely, which is the intention for some writers, though…

— Laurie Foos

The way we see is critical to understanding how others will read our compositions.

— Mike Svob

Readers need to see themselves between the lines of the story.

— Karen Kingsbury

I think in reading a few sentences of text you can just tell the tone, and that's something I love in prose writers.

— Lauren Mayberry

When you write, you're inside the project. You can't really think about the reception. It has to be worth it even if no one…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

One becomes great by what one reads and not by what one writes

— Ritu Ghatourey

It's like a novelist writing far out things. If it makes a point and makes sense, then people like to read that. But if…

— Johnny Cash

I'm bothered, as a reader, when I feel the writer is filling in too much. Again, whether it's nonfiction or fiction, I think writers…

— Lynne Tillman