Book Quote by Tara Bray Smith

A great literary work can be completely, completely unpredictable. Which can sometimes make them very hard to read, but it gives them a great…

— Yann Martel

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

Personally I don't like it when writers become excessively proscriptive about the way that people read their books.

— China Mieville

“Authors always carry a means for scribbling and an excuse for pausing, often inopportunely, to record those fleeting sparks of creative fancy that might…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

The connection that I have with my readers makes me very happy, and gives meaning to the strange profession of writing

— Isabel Allende

Writers are naturally obsessed with books, the tangible artifacts of their labor. Even beyond the text, I love the physicality of books, the possibilities…

— Ken Liu

in reading ... stories, you can be many different people in many different places, doing things you would never have a chance to do…

— Natalie Babbitt

A piece of writing has to seduce the reader; it has to suspend disbelief and earn the reader's trust.

— Po Bronson

A good reader is nearly as rare as a good writer. People bring their prejudices, whether friendly or adverse. They are lamp and spectacles,…

— Robert Aris Willmott

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that people write the darnedest things in the margins of their books.”

— Tara Bray Smith

Luck took me right out of myself - I read it in one gulp, and it never let me down. Sharp and surprising but…

— Alice Munro

I get thousands of letters, and they give me a feeling of how each book is perceived. Often I think I have written about…

— Isabel Allende