Books Quote by Vera Caspary Download Open image “No writer, however popular, disdains a reader, however humble.” — Vera Caspary ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Disdain Humble Reader Writing
No one can write decently who is distrustful of the reader's intelligence or whose attitude is patronizing. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think throughout the 20th century, for some reason, serious writers increasingly had contempt for the average reader. You can really see this in… — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
The most annoying and full- of- crap thing a writer says is, I write only for myself, I don't care if anyone reads it.… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
No one connected intimately with a writer has any appreciation of his temperament, except to think him overdoing everything. — Zane Grey Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be a writer, but I became one. And now I have many readers, in many countries. I think that's a… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
A certain slightly cruel disregard for the feelings of living people is simply part of the package. I think a writer, if he's any… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
A writer without interest or sympathy for the foibles of his fellow man is not conceivable as a writer. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them. — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
“There are a lot of people who haven't got the brains for their educations.” — Vera Caspary Copy Share Image
The cat crossed the street daintily, pointing his feet like a ballet dancer, lifting them high as if his feet were too good for… — Vera Caspary Copy Share Image
A smile couldn't be brought into court as evidence. You couldn't arrest a man because he had trembled. Brown eyes had stolen a peep… — Vera Caspary Copy Share Image
“Why do you lie to me, darling? You know that I’ll stick with you to the end.” I picked up a cigarette. He hurried… — Vera Caspary Copy Share Image
Money can be more of a barrier between people than language or race or religion. — Vera Caspary Copy Share Image
If the dreams of any so-called normal man were exposed ... there would be no more gravity and dignity left for mankind. — Vera Caspary Copy Share Image
It's when you have friends that you can afford to be lonely. When you know a lot of people, loneliness becomes a luxury. It's… — Vera Caspary Copy Share Image
“Love is eternal. It has been the strongest motivation for human actions throughout history. Love is stronger than life. It reaches beyond the dark… — Vera Caspary Copy Share Image
My mind was clear and penetrating at the time, for it was midnight, the hour at which I am most brave and most free. — Vera Caspary Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
