Books Quote by Nicole Krauss

A reader is entitled to believe what he or she believes is consonant with the facts of the book. It is not unusual that…

— Richard Ford

“I am a reader. A reader isn’t someone who just likes to read, but someone who feels such a strong attachment to a book…

— Anonymous

I often think I can see it in myself and in other young writers, this desperate desire to please coupled with a kind of…

— David Foster Wallace

The point of reading is to inhabit a consciousness that doesn't belong to the reader, immersing yourself in a life that's wholly realized. And…

— Joshua Mohr

It's that kind of thing that readers have. I have it as a reader myself: that expectation that the writer will be that person.…

— Irvine Welsh

Readers are what it's all about, aren't they? If not, why am I writing?

— Anonymous

That is the joy of reading fiction: when all is said and done, the novel belongs to the reader and his or her imagination.

— Alice Hoffman

In general, what we really want is a feeling when we read anything that the author has explored the territory as dutifully and as…

— Hilton Als

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

I mean it's the writing, not the being read, that excites me.

— Virginia Woolf

“Why are we reading, if not in hope of beauty laid bare, life heightened and its deepest mystery probed? Can the writer isolate and…

— Annie Dillard

The readers are the ones who let us live our dreams. I try to write books which are really compelling - that you'd take…

— Harlan Coben