Be careful Quote by Rick Riordan

Don't be afraid to make a mistake, your readers might like it.

— William Randolph Hearst

I have a total responsibility to the reader. The reader has to trust me and never feel betrayed.

— Peter Schjeldahl

You'll lose your reader if you are vague, not clear, and not present. We love details, personal connections, stories.

— Natalie Goldberg

And must I, perchance, like careful writers, guard myself against the conclusions of my readers?

— Djuna Barnes

Readers are very, very savvy, and I don't want to insult them by making them think I'm too lazy to get it right.

— Karin Slaughter

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 would say readers can trust my work more than anyone else's.

— Joseph J. Ellis

You write to suit some sense in yourself and trust that that will resonate with a certain wider readership.

— Anna Quindlen

I love to fool my readers, but in a good way. If you've read any of my work, there's a good chance that at…

— Vera Nazarian

Don't write down to your readers. The ones dumber than you can't read.

— Jack Bickham

Writers have to be careful not to confuse personal attention with the attention that's going towards the book.

— Anonymous

It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is.

— W. Somerset Maugham