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Reader Quotes

The good, the admirable reader identifies himself not with the boy or the girl in the book, but with the mind that conceived and composed that book Picture Quote #1

Some manufacturers illustrate their advertisements with abstract paintings. I would only do this if I wished to conceal from the reader what I was advertising Picture Quote #1

It’s a responsibility of the writer to get the reader out of the story somehow Picture Quote #1

For me it’s more important that I outline all the facets of a controversial issue and let the reader make up his or her mind. I don’t care if readers change their minds, but I would like readers to ask themselves why their opinion is what it is Picture Quote #1

Anyone who tries to write a memoir needs to keep in mind that what’s interesting to you isn’t necessarily interesting to a reader Picture Quote #1

You’re a reader as well as a writer, so write what you’d want to read Picture Quote #1

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That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from him the least time Picture Quote #1

The way a book is read, which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book can have as much to do with its worth as anything the author puts into it Picture Quote #1

If you write in category, you write knowing there’s a framework, there are reader expectations Picture Quote #1

I’m hopefully making the reader feel a lot about the characters and then about their own life Picture Quote #1

Every reader knows about the feeling that characters in books seem more real than real people Picture Quote #1

Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader Picture Quote #1

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The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish Picture Quote #1

If a secret history of books could be written, and the author’s private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! Picture Quote #1

The fact is that poetry is not the books in the library... Poetry is the encounter of the reader with the book, the discovery of the book Picture Quote #1

The great poem and the deep theorem are new to every reader, and yet are his own experiences, because he himself recreates them Picture Quote #1

There must be a magnificent disregard of your reader, for if he cannot follow you, there is nothing you can do about it Picture Quote #1

The gentle reader will never, never know what a consummate ass he can become until he goes abroad Picture Quote #1

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An author is often obscure to the reader because they proceed from the thought to expression than like the reader from the expression to the thought Picture Quote #1

Nothing contributes to the entertainment of the reader more, than the change of times and the vicissitudes of fortune Picture Quote #1

One gains universal applause who mingles the useful with the agreeable, at once delighting and instructing the reader Picture Quote #1

The secret of popular writing is never to put more on a given page than the common reader can lap off it with no strain whatsoever on his habitually slack attention Picture Quote #1

Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author Picture Quote #1

There should really not be anything gratuitous in a work of art. Sometimes what seems as if it’s gratuitous may be a passage in which a character is being characterized so that the reader comes to know him or her better Picture Quote #1

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I write books I’d enjoy reading, I’m the reader standing behind my shoulder Picture Quote #1

When you read a short story, you come out a little more aware and a little more in love with the world around you. What I want is to have the reader come out just 6 percent more awake to the world Picture Quote #1

Writing, real writing, should leave a small sweet bruise somewhere on the writer... and on the reader Picture Quote #1

A wise reader reads the book of genius not with his heart, not so much with his brain, but with his spine. It is there that occurs the telltale tingle Picture Quote #1

Curiously enough, one cannot read a book; one can only reread it. A good reader, a major reader, and active and creative reader is a rereader Picture Quote #1

If the reader prefers, this book may be regarded as fiction. But there is always the chance that such a book of fiction may throw some light on what has been written as fact Picture Quote #1

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The good, the admirable reader identifies himself not with the boy or the girl in the book, but with the mind that conceived and composed that book (Reader Quotes) Some manufacturers illustrate their advertisements with abstract paintings. I would only do this if I wished to conceal from the reader what I was advertising (Reader Quotes) It’s a responsibility of the writer to get the reader out of the story somehow (Reader Quotes) For me it’s more important that I outline all the facets of a controversial issue and let the reader make up his or her mind. I don’t care if readers change their minds, but I would like readers to ask themselves why their opinion is what it is (Reader Quotes) Anyone who tries to write a memoir needs to keep in mind that what’s interesting to you isn’t necessarily interesting to a reader (Reader Quotes) You’re a reader as well as a writer, so write what you’d want to read (Reader Quotes) That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from him the least time (Reader Quotes) The way a book is read, which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book can have as much to do with its worth as anything the author puts into it (Reader Quotes) If you write in category, you write knowing there’s a framework, there are reader expectations (Reader Quotes) I’m hopefully making the reader feel a lot about the characters and then about their own life (Reader Quotes) Every reader knows about the feeling that characters in books seem more real than real people (Reader Quotes) Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader (Reader Quotes) The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish (Reader Quotes) If a secret history of books could be written, and the author’s private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! (Reader Quotes) The fact is that poetry is not the books in the library... Poetry is the encounter of the reader with the book, the discovery of the book (Reader Quotes) The great poem and the deep theorem are new to every reader, and yet are his own experiences, because he himself recreates them (Reader Quotes) There must be a magnificent disregard of your reader, for if he cannot follow you, there is nothing you can do about it (Reader Quotes) The gentle reader will never, never know what a consummate ass he can become until he goes abroad (Reader Quotes) An author is often obscure to the reader because they proceed from the thought to expression than like the reader from the expression to the thought (Reader Quotes) Nothing contributes to the entertainment of the reader more, than the change of times and the vicissitudes of fortune (Reader Quotes) One gains universal applause who mingles the useful with the agreeable, at once delighting and instructing the reader (Reader Quotes) The secret of popular writing is never to put more on a given page than the common reader can lap off it with no strain whatsoever on his habitually slack attention (Reader Quotes) Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author (Reader Quotes) There should really not be anything gratuitous in a work of art. Sometimes what seems as if it’s gratuitous may be a passage in which a character is being characterized so that the reader comes to know him or her better (Reader Quotes) I write books I’d enjoy reading, I’m the reader standing behind my shoulder (Reader Quotes) When you read a short story, you come out a little more aware and a little more in love with the world around you. What I want is to have the reader come out just 6 percent more awake to the world (Reader Quotes) Writing, real writing, should leave a small sweet bruise somewhere on the writer... and on the reader (Reader Quotes) A wise reader reads the book of genius not with his heart, not so much with his brain, but with his spine. It is there that occurs the telltale tingle (Reader Quotes) Curiously enough, one cannot read a book; one can only reread it. A good reader, a major reader, and active and creative reader is a rereader (Reader Quotes) If the reader prefers, this book may be regarded as fiction. But there is always the chance that such a book of fiction may throw some light on what has been written as fact (Reader Quotes)

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