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Reader Quotes

Well, it’s a humor strip, so my first responsibility has always been to entertain the reader... But if, in addition, I can help move readers to thought and judgment about issues that concern me, so much the better Picture Quote #1

With humor, it’s so subjective that trying to think of what the ideal reader would think would drive you crazy Picture Quote #1

A civilization without retail bookstores is unimaginable. Like shrines and other sacred meeting places, bookstores are essential artifacts of human nature. The feel of a book taken from the shelf and held in the hand is a magical experience, linking writer to reader Picture Quote #1

I think that each of us inhabits a private world that others cannot see. The only difference between the writer and the reader is that the writer is able to dramatise that private world Picture Quote #1

As a writer, you have control of the words you put on the page. But once that manuscript leaves your hand, you give control to the reader. As a director, you are limited by everything: weather, budget, and egos Picture Quote #1

My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I would like to read. If I can make it clear and interesting and compelling to me, then I hope maybe it will be for the reader Picture Quote #1

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It is also one of the pleasures of oral biography, in that the reader, rather than editor, is jury Picture Quote #1

It is the creator of fiction’s point of view; it is the character who interests him. Sometimes he wants to convince the reader that the story he is telling is as interesting as universal history Picture Quote #1

It would be easier to write a novel without reader input, but I feel the fiction is richer for it Picture Quote #1

It is grievous to read the papers in most respects, I agree. More and more I skim the headlines only, for one can be sure what is carried beneath them quite automatically, if one has long been a reader of the press journalism Picture Quote #1

It is insight into human nature that is the key to the communicator’s skill. For whereas the writer is concerned with what he puts into his writings, the communicator is concerned with what the reader gets out of it. He therefore becomes a student of how people read or listen Picture Quote #1

I’m the slowest reader in the world, because I perform it all in my head Picture Quote #1

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The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn’t deserve it, give it to him anyhow Picture Quote #1

I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library Picture Quote #1

I don’t believe in writing anything that I don’t know about or haven’t researched about personally. I like to transport the reader to places, and in order to do that I have to do the research Picture Quote #1

I simply write with an intelligent reader in mind. I don’t think about how old they are Picture Quote #1

Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind Picture Quote #1

The reader has to be creative when he’s reading. He has to try to make the thing alive. A good reader has to do a certain amount of work when he is reading Picture Quote #1

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I do think I was trying to entertain the reader more than I was trying to purge myself Picture Quote #1

I concentrate on the lives of individuals whom the reader comes to know and feel with intimately Picture Quote #1

If modesty and candor are necessary to an author in his judgment of his own works, no less are they in his reader Picture Quote #1

Without books I would not have become a vivacious reader, and if you are not a reader you are not a writer Picture Quote #1

For success, the author must make the reader care about the destiny of the principals, and sustain this anxiety, or suspense, for about 100,000 words Picture Quote #1

I think some people wished I’d kept myself out of the book. But I kind of insist on it because I want the reader to share my engagement with the material, if you like, not pretend that I’m doing it completely intellectually Picture Quote #1

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I notice that students, particularly for gay students, it’s too easy to write about my last trick or something. It’s not very interesting to the reader Picture Quote #1

I don’t know whether a poem has be there to help to develop something. I think it’s there for itself, for what the reader finds in it Picture Quote #1

You are just in the middle of a struggle with words which are really very stubborn things, with a blank page, with the damn thing that you use to write with, a pen or a typewriter, and you forget all about the reader when you are doing that Picture Quote #1

Anybody who claims to read the entire paper every day is either the world’s fastest reader or the world’s biggest liar Picture Quote #1

Journalism’s ultimate purpose is to inform the reader, to bring him each day a letter from home and never to permit the serving of special interests Picture Quote #1

In a manner of speaking, the poem is its own knower, neither poet nor reader knowing anything that the poem says apart from the words of the poem Picture Quote #1

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Well, it’s a humor strip, so my first responsibility has always been to entertain the reader... But if, in addition, I can help move readers to thought and judgment about issues that concern me, so much the better (Reader Quotes) With humor, it’s so subjective that trying to think of what the ideal reader would think would drive you crazy (Reader Quotes) A civilization without retail bookstores is unimaginable. Like shrines and other sacred meeting places, bookstores are essential artifacts of human nature. The feel of a book taken from the shelf and held in the hand is a magical experience, linking writer to reader (Reader Quotes) I think that each of us inhabits a private world that others cannot see. The only difference between the writer and the reader is that the writer is able to dramatise that private world (Reader Quotes) As a writer, you have control of the words you put on the page. But once that manuscript leaves your hand, you give control to the reader. As a director, you are limited by everything: weather, budget, and egos (Reader Quotes) My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I would like to read. If I can make it clear and interesting and compelling to me, then I hope maybe it will be for the reader (Reader Quotes) It is also one of the pleasures of oral biography, in that the reader, rather than editor, is jury (Reader Quotes) It is the creator of fiction’s point of view; it is the character who interests him. Sometimes he wants to convince the reader that the story he is telling is as interesting as universal history (Reader Quotes) It would be easier to write a novel without reader input, but I feel the fiction is richer for it (Reader Quotes) It is grievous to read the papers in most respects, I agree. More and more I skim the headlines only, for one can be sure what is carried beneath them quite automatically, if one has long been a reader of the press journalism (Reader Quotes) It is insight into human nature that is the key to the communicator’s skill. For whereas the writer is concerned with what he puts into his writings, the communicator is concerned with what the reader gets out of it. He therefore becomes a student of how people read or listen (Reader Quotes) I’m the slowest reader in the world, because I perform it all in my head (Reader Quotes) The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn’t deserve it, give it to him anyhow (Reader Quotes) I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library (Reader Quotes) I don’t believe in writing anything that I don’t know about or haven’t researched about personally. I like to transport the reader to places, and in order to do that I have to do the research (Reader Quotes) I simply write with an intelligent reader in mind. I don’t think about how old they are (Reader Quotes) Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind (Reader Quotes) The reader has to be creative when he’s reading. He has to try to make the thing alive. A good reader has to do a certain amount of work when he is reading (Reader Quotes) I do think I was trying to entertain the reader more than I was trying to purge myself (Reader Quotes) I concentrate on the lives of individuals whom the reader comes to know and feel with intimately (Reader Quotes) If modesty and candor are necessary to an author in his judgment of his own works, no less are they in his reader (Reader Quotes) Without books I would not have become a vivacious reader, and if you are not a reader you are not a writer (Reader Quotes) For success, the author must make the reader care about the destiny of the principals, and sustain this anxiety, or suspense, for about 100,000 words (Reader Quotes) I think some people wished I’d kept myself out of the book. But I kind of insist on it because I want the reader to share my engagement with the material, if you like, not pretend that I’m doing it completely intellectually (Reader Quotes) I notice that students, particularly for gay students, it’s too easy to write about my last trick or something. It’s not very interesting to the reader (Reader Quotes) I don’t know whether a poem has be there to help to develop something. I think it’s there for itself, for what the reader finds in it (Reader Quotes) You are just in the middle of a struggle with words which are really very stubborn things, with a blank page, with the damn thing that you use to write with, a pen or a typewriter, and you forget all about the reader when you are doing that (Reader Quotes) Anybody who claims to read the entire paper every day is either the world’s fastest reader or the world’s biggest liar (Reader Quotes) Journalism’s ultimate purpose is to inform the reader, to bring him each day a letter from home and never to permit the serving of special interests (Reader Quotes) In a manner of speaking, the poem is its own knower, neither poet nor reader knowing anything that the poem says apart from the words of the poem (Reader Quotes)

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