Attention Quote by Robert Graves

To write, I think it is very important to read. The more you read, the more you know the techniques of writing.

— Sudha Murty

Giving the reader the space to move around and be active, and encourage their active response is important to me. That will connect the…

— Leni Zumas

“The best thing about writing is the reader”

— Girish Kohli

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

— Joyce Carol Oates

What I'm constantly striving for in my prose is clarity. So that, ideally, the writing will become so transparent that the reader will forget…

— Jonathan Lethem

Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.

— Carlos Fuentes

My purpose as a writer is to communicate in such a way as to challenge the thinking of readers and touch their hearts.

— Randy Alcorn

The writer's object is - or should be - to hold the reader's attention.

— Anonymous

When I write, I enjoy myself so much that what is being written really needs no reader

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

“My goal when writing is to engage the reader. Having my words play out like a movie - Rewarding. Having the reader wanting more…

— Elizabeth Cook-Howard

Whatever I'm doing, I try to write well. I try to give the reader a nice, clean well-written surface, where the writing is transparent.…

— Shelby Steele

The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating…

— Bill Watterson