Books Quote by William Zinsser

It is a fascinating and provocative thought that a body of water deserves to be considered as an organism in its own right.

— Lyall Watson

The hardest piece of nonfiction I ever wrote isn't anywhere close to the easiest piece of fiction I never wrote.

— Ann Patchett

I did not set out to write another novel. One day I sat down with the thought of trying my hand at a piece…

— Tim O'Brien

Only a very specific kind of writer keeps their reader in mind while working. Such writers don't want to irk their readers; they don't…

— Sarnath Banerjee

“If you don't write with the reader in mind, you are not a writer, period.”

— Tom Grimes

“I have often noticed that we are inclined to endow our friends with the stability of type that literary characters acquire in the reader’s…

— Anonymous

Sophisticated readers understand that writers work out their anger, their conflicts, their endless grief and rolling list of loss, through their stories. That however…

— Amy Bloom

I simply write with an intelligent reader in mind. I don't think about how old they are.

— Robert Cormier

The ways in which a book, once read, stays (and changes) in the reader's mind are unpredictable.

— Julian Barnes

I think the danger with using the term 'trilogy' is that it sets up particular expectations in the reader's mind.

— Alastair Reynolds

All storytelling is kind of that - there's a bit of text that you put pressure on that spits out some desire that a…

— George Saunders

At the same time, I think books create a sort of network in the reader's mind, with one book reinforcing another. Some books form…

— Margaret Mahy