Books Quote by Phillip Lopate

The most important thing a writer can have [is] the ability to live with the constant loneliness and a strong sense of revulsion for…

— Hunter S. Thompson

I love convincing a reader that an unusual or seemingly ordinary subject is worth his or her time - it's part of the fun…

— Susan Orlean

That's the great thing about literature -- it makes the world less lonely.

— Robert Stone

I always feel it is a shortcoming of mine as a reader and as a writer that I frankly need to like somebody.

— Ann Patchett

Your audience is one single reader. I have found that sometimes it helps to pick out one person-a real person you know, or an…

— John Steinbeck

You are told that you have to eliminate un-useful sentences, but as a writer you know how important details are.

— Alejandro Zambra

I always tell my students to complicate your characters: never make it easy for the reader. Nobody is ever one thing. That's what makes…

— Marlon James

I see so many talented writers who have difficulties with that. And if you don't believe it's important, you won't put in the work…

— Theodora Goss

For me, it's really important when I go into a reading to not have any bias and so that's a big reason why I…

— Tyler Henry

“One of my challenges [as a writer] is to make sure that I'm giving the reader details that the character cares about rather than…

— Jessica Andersen

For people who are readers, reading is important to them.

— Jeff Bezos

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