Quotes of: Readers Keyword

I've never set out to seduce my reader. I don't see him at all clearly.

Patrick O'Brian

President Kennedy was a voracious reader and was forever coming up with fascinating bits of information.

Pierre Salinger

If my books can help children become readers, then I feel I have accomplished something important.

Roald Dahl

Some readers took 'Heaven's My Destination' as a satire on Christianity and the Midwest, but today it reads like a loving comedy.

Robert Gottlieb

...ending a book with a sequel in such a way that the reader still has faith in the characters and in the writer. That's finesse.

Shandy L. Kurth

Readers can surprise you. Many times, they notice layers in your stories, that even you were not aware of while writing.

Shon Mehta

I write books I'd enjoy reading, I'm the reader standing behind my shoulder.

Salman Rushdie

I've come to accept who my readers turn out to be, rather than having some sort of demographic target.

Simon Winchester

My dream is to try to reach as many kids and readers who might need an unlikely hero to connect to.

Tim Federle

A good story defies the reader's expectations, and in doing so, brings them satisfaction.

Thomas Maltman

A playwright must be his own audience. A novelist may lose his readers for a few pages; a playwright never dares lose his audience for a minute.

Terence Rattigan

Digital books and other texts are increasingly coming under the control of distributors and other gatekeepers rather than readers and libraries.

Jonathan Zittrain

The prime goal of an author is the same as a musician, which is to emotionally connect with the reader in some way or another.

Ken Hill

I am a slow reader. I always loved words, which is a strange thing given that I couldn't actually read them.

Keira Knightley

I have no interest in writing confessions, in deliberately baring myself to my readers. I prefer to remain behind a screen.

Louis Begley

Instapaper wouldn't be of as much value if it weren't for these mobile and e-reader devices. They give you a separate physical context for reading.

Marco Arment

I do not write for the reader to come, but for him who is here, short of reading the text on my shoulder.

Mario Benedetti

As writers we must, from our very opening sentence, speak with authority to our readers.

Michael Cunningham

I have to be careful. My readers are very detail-oriented, and if I make a mistake they'll call me on it.

Rick Riordan

That attraction force which always happens between the reader and the book, i adore it when it takes place <3

Marvin Perry

Upon descending our threaded words on the web by a steep and hazardous precipice of readers requires constant review.

MsConcerned