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Readers Quotes

I think the pleasure of completed work is what makes blogging so popular. You have to believe most bloggers have few if any actual readers. The writers are in it for other reasons. Blogging is like work, but without coworkers thwarting you at every turn. All you get is the pleasure of a completed task Picture Quote #1

When you’re free of editorial control, you owe it to yourself to obtain feedback from friends and readers. Some take those criticisms to heart and incorporate it into their work, and some ignore them Picture Quote #1

The number one reason I write is to come to schools and see my readers. I would do it for free Picture Quote #1

I do have to earn a living, so I’m conscious of probable reactions from readers, but the most important one is still the awareness that if I’m not enjoying a story, the reader won’t either Picture Quote #1

The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by 500 readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can select the 500, he reaches the five hundred thousand Picture Quote #1

Newspaper companies are losing advertisers, readers, market value, and, in some cases, their sense of mission at a pace that would have been barely imaginable just four years ago Picture Quote #1

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To answer that I have to describe what I think is my responsibility as a thriller writer: To give my readers the most exciting roller coaster ride of a suspense story I can possibly think of Picture Quote #1

Our poems will have failed if our readers are not brought by them beyond the poems Picture Quote #1

I actually really suck at naming books, so lots of years ago, readers were sending in their ideas for titles, and what we realized is that they were smarter than us. So we thought, hey, go for it. So now we have a contest every year Picture Quote #1

When you’re kept by a patron you don’t have to duke it out in the media marketplace for dollars and for readers. In some ways that’s a blessing because it takes a lot of pressure off you Picture Quote #1

These people are real to me, and situations keep coming up where their emergence feels natural. It’s like meeting old friends. I hope readers feel the same way Picture Quote #1

A novelist may lose his readers for a few pages; a playwright never dares lose his audience for a minute Picture Quote #1

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True readers... Are ready to go through a whole volume, if there be but hope of finding in it a single genuine thought or the mere suggestion even of a truth which has some fresh application to life Picture Quote #1

Nothing requires so little mental effort as to narrate or follow a story. Hence everybody tells stories and the readers of stories outnumber all others Picture Quote #1

1. Find a subject you care about. 2. Do not ramble, though. 3. Keep it simple. 4. Have the guts to cut. 5. Sound like yourself. 6. Say what you mean to say. 7. Pity the readers Picture Quote #1

I’ve included these little jokes and mysteries in my writing for the amusement of readers Picture Quote #1

I have long felt that it is readers and viewers of conservative media who could benefit from a more balanced discussion of what is at stake in our policy and the actions of our government Picture Quote #1

As society diversifies, the number of people who read literature is decreasing. It will be difficult for readers to digest my ideas through literature Picture Quote #1

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Countless generations of students and general readers have been intrigued by this deeply human book, which half reveals and half conceals the fascinating yet enigmatic personality of its author Picture Quote #1

A writer doesn’t write for his readers, does he? Yet he has to take elementary precautions all the same, to make them comfortable Picture Quote #1

So idle are dull readers, and so industrious are dull authors, that puffed nonsense bids fair to blow unpuffed sense wholly out of the field Picture Quote #1

Whatever other learning he wanted, he was master of two books unknown to many profound readers, though books which the last conflagration can alone destroy, I mean the book of nature and that of man Picture Quote #1

An index is a necessary implement. Without this, a large author is but a labyrinth without a clue to direct the readers within Picture Quote #1

Once upon a time there was... A king! My young readers will instantly exclaim. No, children, you are wrong. Once upon a time there was a piece of wood Picture Quote #1

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I have observed that vulgar readers almost always lose their veneration for the writings of the genius with whom they have had personal intercourse Picture Quote #1

There are both dull correctness and piquant carelessness; it is needless to say which will command the most readers and have the most influence Picture Quote #1

Readers always seem to think that the author has some control over the design of their books Picture Quote #1

I believe my readers are crazy about their parents and want to be just like them when they grow up Picture Quote #1

Readers have to be sought out and won to the light of the page, poem by poem, one by one by one Picture Quote #1

But editors are still the world’s readers. And thus the eyes of the world Picture Quote #1

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I think the pleasure of completed work is what makes blogging so popular. You have to believe most bloggers have few if any actual readers. The writers are in it for other reasons. Blogging is like work, but without coworkers thwarting you at every turn. All you get is the pleasure of a completed task (Readers Quotes) When you’re free of editorial control, you owe it to yourself to obtain feedback from friends and readers. Some take those criticisms to heart and incorporate it into their work, and some ignore them (Readers Quotes) The number one reason I write is to come to schools and see my readers. I would do it for free (Readers Quotes) I do have to earn a living, so I’m conscious of probable reactions from readers, but the most important one is still the awareness that if I’m not enjoying a story, the reader won’t either (Readers Quotes) The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by 500 readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can select the 500, he reaches the five hundred thousand (Readers Quotes) Newspaper companies are losing advertisers, readers, market value, and, in some cases, their sense of mission at a pace that would have been barely imaginable just four years ago (Readers Quotes) To answer that I have to describe what I think is my responsibility as a thriller writer: To give my readers the most exciting roller coaster ride of a suspense story I can possibly think of (Readers Quotes) Our poems will have failed if our readers are not brought by them beyond the poems (Readers Quotes) I actually really suck at naming books, so lots of years ago, readers were sending in their ideas for titles, and what we realized is that they were smarter than us. So we thought, hey, go for it. So now we have a contest every year (Readers Quotes) When you’re kept by a patron you don’t have to duke it out in the media marketplace for dollars and for readers. In some ways that’s a blessing because it takes a lot of pressure off you (Readers Quotes) These people are real to me, and situations keep coming up where their emergence feels natural. It’s like meeting old friends. I hope readers feel the same way (Readers Quotes) A novelist may lose his readers for a few pages; a playwright never dares lose his audience for a minute (Readers Quotes) True readers... Are ready to go through a whole volume, if there be but hope of finding in it a single genuine thought or the mere suggestion even of a truth which has some fresh application to life (Readers Quotes) Nothing requires so little mental effort as to narrate or follow a story. Hence everybody tells stories and the readers of stories outnumber all others (Readers Quotes) 1. Find a subject you care about. 2. Do not ramble, though. 3. Keep it simple. 4. Have the guts to cut. 5. Sound like yourself. 6. Say what you mean to say. 7. Pity the readers (Readers Quotes) I’ve included these little jokes and mysteries in my writing for the amusement of readers (Readers Quotes) I have long felt that it is readers and viewers of conservative media who could benefit from a more balanced discussion of what is at stake in our policy and the actions of our government (Readers Quotes) As society diversifies, the number of people who read literature is decreasing. It will be difficult for readers to digest my ideas through literature (Readers Quotes) Countless generations of students and general readers have been intrigued by this deeply human book, which half reveals and half conceals the fascinating yet enigmatic personality of its author (Readers Quotes) A writer doesn’t write for his readers, does he? Yet he has to take elementary precautions all the same, to make them comfortable (Readers Quotes) So idle are dull readers, and so industrious are dull authors, that puffed nonsense bids fair to blow unpuffed sense wholly out of the field (Readers Quotes) Whatever other learning he wanted, he was master of two books unknown to many profound readers, though books which the last conflagration can alone destroy, I mean the book of nature and that of man (Readers Quotes) An index is a necessary implement. Without this, a large author is but a labyrinth without a clue to direct the readers within (Readers Quotes) Once upon a time there was... A king! My young readers will instantly exclaim. No, children, you are wrong. Once upon a time there was a piece of wood (Readers Quotes) I have observed that vulgar readers almost always lose their veneration for the writings of the genius with whom they have had personal intercourse (Readers Quotes) There are both dull correctness and piquant carelessness; it is needless to say which will command the most readers and have the most influence (Readers Quotes) Readers always seem to think that the author has some control over the design of their books (Readers Quotes) I believe my readers are crazy about their parents and want to be just like them when they grow up (Readers Quotes) Readers have to be sought out and won to the light of the page, poem by poem, one by one by one (Readers Quotes) But editors are still the world’s readers. And thus the eyes of the world (Readers Quotes)

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