Novelisation doesn't imply the truth. Readers are sophisticated enough to know that. Votes: 3
Denise MinaCritics have a problem with sentimentality. Readers do not. I write for readers. Votes: 3
Mitch AlbomBooks were something that happened to readers. Readers were the victims of books. Votes: 3
Holly BlackWriters are said to have superstitions and little rituals. Readers have them too. Votes: 3
Ian McewanI write for myself and strangers. The strangers, dear Readers, are an afterthought. Votes: 3
Gertrude SteinReaders need to stop assuming characters are white if race isn't explicitly defined. Votes: 3
Roxane GayReaders travel so fast they don't stop to decipher the meaning of obscure headlines. Votes: 3
David OgilvyReaders regularly ask what can go wrong but almost never what could positively surprise. Votes: 3
Kenneth FisherReaders embrace all kinds of characters as long as they are written with emotional truth. Votes: 3
David LevithanReaders are bullied in schoolyards and in locker-rooms as much as in government offices and prisons. Votes: 3
Alberto ManguelReaders are made by readers - it is so obvious it is almost banal to say it. Votes: 3
Aidan ChambersReaders soon tire of prefaces, and skip them, and so the labor of writing them is lost. Votes: 3
Sarah Josepha HaleMack Bolan is a classic American hero. Readers like him and I feel very good about that. Votes: 3
Don PendletonReaders always seem to think that the author has some control over the design of their books. Votes: 3
Donald A. NormanReaders want what is important to be clearly laid out; they will not read what is too troublesome. Votes: 3
Jan TschicholdWhy should I give my Readers bad lines of my own when good ones of other People's are so plenty? Votes: 3
Benjamin FranklinReaders have to be sought out and won to the light of the page, poem by poem, one by one by one. Votes: 3
C.D. WrightThank you for the overwhelming support to novel. NIRVANA 2020Authors-Suryanarayana&Janaki Votes: 1
Saripalli SuryanarayanaCertain bookworms eat books. Eat them, swear in them, spill things on them. Votes: 1
Tara Bray SmithYou have to appreciate the readers, without them there are no stories worth telling. Votes: 1
Andrew LennonAnd she is the readerwho browses the shelfand looks for new worldsbut finds herself. Votes: 1
Laura Purdie SalasMost non-readers are nothing but an agglomeration of third-hand opinion and blindly received wisdom. Votes: 1
Tom BissellThe odd thing about people who had many books was how they always wanted more. Votes: 1
Patricia A. McKillipI do like to wrap things up and leave some things to the readers' imagination. Votes: 1
Rick RiordanThe act of reading will enrich your life.Become a lifelong learner and a reader. Votes: 1
Lailah Gifty AkitaIf words come alive on the page, the writer succeeds in connecting to the reader. Votes: 1
Aman JassalThere is only one thing that you write for yourself, and that is a shopping list. Votes: 1
Umberto EcoYou can't buy happiness, but you can buy books, and that's pretty much the same thing Votes: 1
Who knows?If you can listen to or read anything, but misspelled words offend you, raise your hadn. Votes: 1
Jarod KintzReading is like a bridge which fills the gap between the real world and the imaginations. Votes: 1
Aman JassalLost: The common sense of an unconventional dreamer. If found, please return to Love The Stacks. Votes: 1
Love The Stacks BookstoreIf my books can help children become readers, then I feel I have accomplished something important. Votes: 1
Roald DahlHe without inspiration and motivation exists no more in a world full of innovations and inventions! Votes: 1
Darnaya DariceThe most exciting part of writing a novel is when the characters take control of the story Votes: 1
Brandt LeggEven now I try to make each page compelling for the readers to get absorbed in the book. Votes: 1
Chetan BhagatI get crazy in a bookstore. It makes my heart beat hard because I want to buy everything. Votes: 1
Reese WitherspoonWriting is a craft, being an author is work, and having readers and a following is a gift. Votes: 1
Michael J. KannengieserI know that no reader ever asks a question. A writer must force his favors upon his readers. Votes: 1
Jan NerudaAren't we all waiting to be read by someone, praying that they'll tell us that we make sense? Votes: 1
Rudy FranciscoHey, Geekoid!" yelled Duncan Dougal, "Why do you read so much? Don't you know how to watch TV? Votes: 1
Bruce CovilleI divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget. Votes: 1
William Lyon PhelpsTo reread a book is to read a different book. The reader is different. The meaning is different. Votes: 1
Johnny RichWriting is saying to no one and to everyone the things it is not possible to say to someone. Votes: 1
Rebecca SolnitThanks to you guys and girls who read my stuff, too. May you have long days and pleasant nights. Votes: 1
Stephen KingThe man who does not read miss a great literature of knowledge. You must dare to read and reread. Votes: 1
Lailah Gifty AkitaI'd like my readers to feel they want to follow my characters off the page at the end of the book. Votes: 1
Vanessa CouchmanIt is hard news that catches readers. Features hold them. Votes: 0
Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount NorthcliffeDesultory readers are seldom remarkable for the exactness of their learning. Votes: 0
Arthur Conan DoyleMy website bulletin board is the place I interact with my readers. Votes: 0
Susan Elizabeth PhillipsThe kids who speak well, are articulate and intelligent, are all readers. Votes: 0
Richard Paul EvansThe wider your readership, the greater the chances of offending your readers. Votes: 0
Alexander McCall SmithYou don't want your readers seeing easy connections; it becomes a distraction. Votes: 0
Neal StephensonPeople who are readers of fiction aren't particularly interested in comic books. Votes: 0
Harvey PekarSome of my youthful readers are developing wonderful imaginations. This pleases me. Votes: 0
L. Frank BaumHe who does not expect a million readers should not write a line. Votes: 0
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheIf you ask 20 different readers why they read, they will all be right. Votes: 0
Teresa Nielsen HaydenIt is more difficult to keep the attention of hearers than of readers. Votes: 0
Lascelles AbercrombieI don't write the kind of 'happily ever after' that romance readers enjoy. Votes: 0
Charlaine HarrisA romance novel should leave readers joyous. My books all have happy endings. Votes: 0
Judith McNaughtThe bright future is that readers are accepting more varied forms of stories. Votes: 0
Chuck PalahniukThere will always be non-readers, bad readers, lazy readers - there always were. Votes: 0
Julian BarnesThere have always been readers throughout history who have been drawn to villains. Votes: 0
Cassandra Clarethe majority of critical, and plenty of uncritical, readers find quotations a bore. Votes: 0
Ethel SmythCharacter design, like story design, requires a hook to grab the readers attention. Votes: 0
Ted NaifehConan Doyle deluded a century of readers into thinking we're all deductive geniuses. Votes: 0
Rob ThomasBloggers intent on self-expression which renders no service to readers don't get read. Votes: 0
Lee GutkindMid-grade readers don't have short attention spans, they just have low boredom tolerance. Votes: 0
Judith ViorstWhile pensive poets painful vigils keep, Sleepless themselves, to give their readers sleep. Votes: 0
Alexander PopeIn the first person, the readers feel smart, like it's them solving the case. Votes: 0
Patricia CornwellUnless their use by readers bring them to life, books are indeed dead things. Votes: 0
Lawrence Clark PowellI think, above all, the characters in my novels feel universal to the readers. Votes: 0
Nicholas SparksI wanted to give readers the feeling of knowing the characters, a mental image. Votes: 0
Michael ChabonBeing a writer can be isolating. It's good to be among readers and booksellers. Votes: 0
Lev Grossmanwrite what readers want to read, which isn't necessarily what you want to write. Votes: 0
Nicholas SparksA Century of Wisdom is universal and will enrich readers for generations to come. Votes: 0
Itzhak PerlmanPerhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers. Votes: 0
Marcus AureliusThose authors who would find many readers, must endeavour to please while they instruct. Votes: 0
Samuel JohnsonI like to build places online where readers can have productive conversations about books. Votes: 0
John GreenThe Internet offers authors and their readers a new diversity of opportunities and freedom. Votes: 0
Frederick ForsythWriters read essays and serious thinkers and serious readers... that is a small population. Votes: 0
Alan LightmanPunctuation is a courtesy designed to help readers to understand a story without stumbling. Votes: 0
Lynne TrussCertain readers resented me when they could no longer recognize their territory, their institution. Votes: 0
Jacques DerridaUnless you're a terribly bad writer, you are never going to have too many readers. Votes: 0
Andrew WylieI really suggest the Pendragon series to all readers unless you are afraid of gore! Votes: 0
D. J. MacHaleI am certain a great many believers and bible readers do believe in social justice. Votes: 0
Anne RiceHe didn't want to please his readers. He wanted to stretch them until they twanged. Votes: 0
Martin Amis... an author never does more damage to his readers than when he hides a difficulty. Votes: 0
Evariste GaloisI think narrators expect a high level of intimacy with their readers, and vice versa. Votes: 0
Tom BarbashRock and rollers can get you the youth buzz, and younger people are fanatical readers. Votes: 0
James EllroyI've put everything I had and I've given my readers 120 percent, and that's the truth. Votes: 0
Jan KaronI like the idea of readers feeling a familiarity, whether its with Africa or childhood. Votes: 0
Binyavanga WainainaThe world may be full of fourth-rate writers but it's also full of fourth-rate readers. Votes: 0
Stan BarstowThere are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh. Votes: 0
Barbara ParkAs writers we must, from our very opening sentence, speak with authority to our readers. Votes: 0
Michael CunninghamI've included these little jokes and mysteries in my writing for the amusement of readers. Votes: 0
Armistead Maupin..books look as if they contain knowledge, while e-readers look as if they contain information. Votes: 0
Julian BarnesAnd must I, perchance, like careful writers, guard myself against the conclusions of my readers? Votes: 0
Djuna BarnesA writer creates wings of words and lets them fly in the sky of readers' minds. Votes: 0
Debasish MridhaMany readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings. Votes: 0
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowIf we have people with the power to tell a story, there will always be readers. Votes: 0
Isaac Bashevis SingerIf you read in front of your kids, it's very likely that they'll become readers, too Votes: 0
John LithgowDon't ask your readers to admire your words when you want them to believe your story. Votes: 0
Ben BovaAll writers I know are readers first and foremost, and that's why you become a writer. Votes: 0
Mark BillinghamOne can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry. Votes: 0
Nathalie SarrauteMaybe you have billions of dollars and my Hugo, but you don't have readers like these. Votes: 0
George R. R. MartinA common quality I see of people who are successful is that they are voracious readers. Votes: 0
Matt MullenwegThere is no shortage of wonderful writers. What we lack is a dependable mass of readers. Votes: 0
Kurt VonnegutI don't feel I have to struggle against allegory. I let the readers do the interpreting. Votes: 0
Lydia DavisLifelong readers continue to read, finding in books the means to enjoy life or endure it Votes: 0
Samuel L. JacksonBooks are like sapphires; they must be polished - polished! or else you insult your readers. Votes: 0
Margaret DelandAs a lifelong romance reader, its always satisfying to get to talk to other romance readers! Votes: 0
Melissa MarrAs a lifelong romance reader, it's always satisfying to get to talk to other romance readers! Votes: 0
Melissa MarrSome time all kinds of letters will be published to the ineffable delight of endless readers. Votes: 0
Alice B. ToklasPart of the creative process for me is an invitation for readers to follow their imagination. Votes: 0
Alice SeboldWriting, at its best and truest, can offer solace and salvation for both readers and writers. Votes: 0
Roxane GayOriginal work has no floor and no ceiling. You can reach essentially zero readers or millions. Votes: 0
Paul S. KempCuration is more than packaging-it is to help readers [discern] what is important in the world. Votes: 0
Maria PopovaThe association of books with their readers is unlike any other between objects and their users. Votes: 0
Alberto ManguelIf my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important Votes: 0
Roald DahlThe memoir by women, read by female readers, is considered a market form, not "great literature." Votes: 0
Kate ZambrenoFairy tales are experienced by their hearers and readers, not as realistic, but as symbolic poetry. Votes: 0
Max LuthiIf ebooks mean that readers' freedom must either increase or decrease, we must demand the increase. Votes: 0
Richard StallmanListen, people like Brian Bendis did great things for comic readers, great things for comic readers. Votes: 0
Avi AradShow me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world. Votes: 0
Napoleon BonaparteI'm just trying to keep things rich for me creatively and for the readers who follow me. Votes: 0
Colson WhiteheadI get wonderful letters from kids and teachers. I must have the best readers in the world. Votes: 0
Andrew ClementsIf writers learn more from their books than do readers, perhaps I may have begun to learn. Votes: 0
Lloyd AlexanderIt's the whole cat and mouse game between the readers and writers that makes the web work. Votes: 0
Tim Berners-LeeI urge readers to experience things that they love and give up things that are not working. Votes: 0
Alexandra StoddardIntimacy is extremely important to me and I want it to be extremely important to the readers. Votes: 0
Toni MorrisonAuthors do not supply imaginations, they expect their readers to have their own, and to use it Votes: 0
Nella LarsenWhatever the readers feel when they're reading my books, I feel it tenfold when I'm writing it. Votes: 0
Khaled HosseiniThat'd be just what I need: a rash of car thefts across America, committed by dedicated readers. Votes: 0
James PattersonWriters are in the entertainment business, and it gives me lots of pleasure to entertain my readers. Votes: 0
Brian LumleyI discovered that if you find the language to talk to younger readers, children can accept anything. Votes: 0
Salman RushdieI love meeting my readers - so the more I can talk to at one event the better! Votes: 0
Jodi PicoultIn any event, it's not exactly a secret to regular readers what my views on the war are Votes: 0
Garry TrudeauI have a lot of respect for readers because I'm a reader. That's how I got into writing. Votes: 0
Toni MorrisonThe only end of writing is to enable readers better to enjoy life or better to endure it. Votes: 0
Samuel JohnsonI'm just trying to get kids motivated to be readers by connecting them with a book they like. Votes: 0
Jon ScieszkaI know what the attitudes of the readers are: These are guys who love women and respect women. Votes: 0
Christie HefnerThe kids I talk to are readers, and the craziest, the most dedicated readers you will ever see. Votes: 0
Maureen JohnsonWhy use long words when short ones will do? Not all readers have been to college or university. Votes: 0
Ken ScottI love doing readings. I could really give a crap about reviews. It's kind of about the readers. Votes: 0
Jami AttenbergThere was no difference between my characters and the life my readers were going to have to face. Votes: 0
Carl Barkslanguage is magical - it's a form of conjuring. If you do it convincingly, readers will follow you. Votes: 0
Ruth OzekiI made a decision to write for my readers, not to try to find more readers for my writing. Votes: 0
Seth GodinI often feel I'm working in a vacuum, or in a country where few readers can hear the sounds. Votes: 0
James LaughlinWe don't need to dumb down our stuff. And it's important to know how far we can push readers. Votes: 0
Ashwin SanghiI try, and I think I succeed, in making my readers feel pity for my psychopaths, because I do. Votes: 0
Ruth RendellI know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil. Votes: 0
VoltaireI try, and I think I succeed, in making my readers feel sorry for my psychopaths, because I do. Votes: 0
Ruth RendellI don't laugh that much, but I do like humorous books, and I like to entertain readers that way. Votes: 0
Jonathan AmesEven if I only had 10 readers, I'd rather do the book for them than for a million readers online. Votes: 0
Daniel ClowesI don't laugh that much, but I do like humorous books, and I like to entertain readers that way." Votes: 0
Jonathan AmesBook marketing is like opening doors for your readers to find you, not a stick you hit them with. Votes: 0
Heather HartI think it's important to leave spaces in a story for readers to fill in from their own experience. Votes: 0
Annie ProulxThe great authors were great readers, and one way to understand them is to read the books they read. Votes: 0
Mortimer AdlerI think readers are just looking for things that maybe they recognize or can relate to in the books. Votes: 0
Sarah DessenMy readers are 90 percent gay, and it's who I write for. I am not here to entertain straight people. Votes: 0
Sarah SchulmanIve been told by readers that they love how my heroes fall in love fast, first, and with conviction. Votes: 0
Sylvia DayI want to always be viewed by my readers as a friend and not as an authority or an expert. Votes: 0
John C. MaxwellI think that in a lot of readers' minds the essay is a lot more utilitarian than it is art. Votes: 0
John D'AgataI believe my readers are crazy about their parents and want to be just like them when they grow up Votes: 0
Caroline B. CooneyI believe my readers are crazy about their parents and want to be just like them when they grow up. Votes: 0
Caroline B. CooneyThe number one reason I write is to come to schools and see my readers. I would do it for free. Votes: 0
Frank MurphyMy dream is to try to reach as many kids and readers who might need an unlikely hero to connect to. Votes: 0
Tim FederleI don't come from a family of readers - in fact, my parents are unable to read the books in English. Votes: 0
Christopher CastellaniMy job is not to try to give readers what they want but to try to make readers want what I give. Votes: 0
China MievillePeople are going to die who don't die in the books, so even the book readers will be unhappy. So everybody better be on their toes. David and D.B. (David Benioff and D.B. Weiss co-creators of 'Game Of Thrones) are even bloodier than I am. Votes: 3 George R. R. Martin
In a highly competitive newspaper market, every editor needs to appeal to female readers to boost their circulation. Votes: 3 Rebekah Brooks
Poetry and prose are of equal importance to me as a reader, and there doesn't seem to be much difference in my own writing. Votes: 1 Kevin Powers
I can't promise that every child with learning differences will become a novelist, but I do think all children can become lifelong readers. Votes: 3 Rick Riordan
There will always be non-readers, bad readers, lazy readers - there always were. Votes: 1 Julian Barnes
I don't really believe in palm readers and crystal balls and tarot cards, but I respond to the need for them. Votes: 1 Stephan Jenkins
But an experienced reader is also a self-aware and critical reader. I can't remember ever reading a story without judging it. Votes: 1 Hilary Mantel
There is a whole generation of romance readers and writers who suffer from what I like to think of as 'Thorn Birds' Fever. Votes: 3 Sarah MacLean
I've included these little jokes and mysteries in my writing for the amusement of readers. Votes: 1 Armistead Maupin
Personally, I'm a big reader, and I've never wanted any of my favorite novels to be made into movies. Votes: 1 Stephen Moyer
I've been a massive obsessive about jazz singers all my life. Votes: 1 Eddi Reader