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To The Reader Quotes

Then again, the name, the associations with a writer’s name, can add to the reader’s entertainment and pleasure Picture Quote #1

You can’t be up the reader’s ass, as many a writer I think is - cute as hell, ingratiating as hell. But that’s not loving the reader in the right way. That’s toadying to the reader Picture Quote #1

The written tone and the spoken tone change and the reporters’ disbelief in the veracity of the government spreads to the readers and the viewers Picture Quote #1

The truth of it is, there is nothing in history which is so improving to the reader as those accounts which we meet with of the death of eminent persons and of their behavior in that dreadful season Picture Quote #1

The headline is the most important element of an ad. It must offer a promise to the reader of a believable benefit. And it must be phrased in a way to give it memory value Picture Quote #1

When you write something new about science, other scientists may not like it but they pay attention because it is subject to proof. When you write something new about art, it is subject only to the reader’s discomfort, and will probably be rejected Picture Quote #1

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Multitudes of words are neither an argument of clear ideas in the writer, nor a proper means of conveying clear notions to the reader Picture Quote #1

Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions 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

We talk about a free press. These people hide, they make a lot of money off the media. They hide behind the slogans of free press, and then they can come out with crap like that. It’s just garbage. It’s insulting to the readers Picture Quote #1

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

The writing of a novel is taking life as it already exists, not to report it but to make an object, toward the end that the finished work might contain this life inside it and offer it to the reader. The essence will not be, of course, the same thing as the raw material; it is not even of the same family of things. The novel is something that never was before and will not be again Picture Quote #1

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Whether your characters journey daily to a distant moon or just down the street to the corner bar, what matters to the reader is the singular event that distinguishes one such voyage from all the others and makes for a story worth telling Picture Quote #1

In general, I think, less is more, and that if a reader stops reading because a book is too icky then I’ve failed in my obligation to the readers Picture Quote #1

There has to be insight born of hindsight. Otherwise, you’re only confessing your sins and asking the reader to forgive you. And that is a complete misuse of the writer’s power and unfair to the reader Picture Quote #1

I like to blur the line between fact and fiction, but not to condescend to the reader by enmeshing her/him into some sort of a postmodern coop Picture Quote #1

If you’re going to spend two or three years immersed in a subject, you better be deeply interested in it, or it won’t be interesting to the reader Picture Quote #1

This skipping is another important point. It should be done whenever a proof seems too hard or whenever a theorem or a whole paragraph does not appeal to the reader. In most cases he will be able to go on and later he may return to the parts which he skipped Picture Quote #1

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If you’re writing about a character, if he’s a powerful character, unless you give him vulnerability I don’t think he’ll be as interesting to the reader Picture Quote #1

The music of revelation announces itself to the reader in somber brooding tones or in melodies light as air and one is invited to dance with the most captivating of partners: poetry Picture Quote #1

All I can guess is that when I write, I forget that it’s not real. I’m living the story, and I think people can read that sincerity about the characters. They are real to me while I’m writing them, and I think that makes them real to the readers as well Picture Quote #1

Some of the greatest poetry is revealing to the reader the beauty in something that was so simple you had taken it for granted Picture Quote #1

The subject, however various and important, has already been so frequently, so ably, and so successfully discussed, that it is now grown familiar to the reader, and difficult to the writer Picture Quote #1

I often think I can see it in myself and in other young writers, this desperate desire to please coupled with a kind of hostility to the reader Picture Quote #1

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

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

That is the joy of reading fiction: when all is said and done, the novel belongs to the reader and his or her imagination Picture Quote #1

Each reader reads only what is already within himself. The book is only a sort of optical instrument which the writer offers to the reader to enable the latter to discover in himself what he would not have found but for the aid of the book Picture Quote #1

My advice to the reader approaching a poem is to make the mind still and blank. Let the poem speak. This charged quiet mimics the blank space ringing the printed poem, the nothing out of which something takes shape Picture Quote #1

It’s up to the reader to decipher the code, or the words, based on everything they know about life and emotions Picture Quote #1

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Then again, the name, the associations with a writer’s name, can add to the reader’s entertainment and pleasure (To The Reader Quotes) You can’t be up the reader’s ass, as many a writer I think is - cute as hell, ingratiating as hell. But that’s not loving the reader in the right way. That’s toadying to the reader (To The Reader Quotes) The written tone and the spoken tone change and the reporters’ disbelief in the veracity of the government spreads to the readers and the viewers (To The Reader Quotes) The truth of it is, there is nothing in history which is so improving to the reader as those accounts which we meet with of the death of eminent persons and of their behavior in that dreadful season (To The Reader Quotes) The headline is the most important element of an ad. It must offer a promise to the reader of a believable benefit. And it must be phrased in a way to give it memory value (To The Reader Quotes) When you write something new about science, other scientists may not like it but they pay attention because it is subject to proof. When you write something new about art, it is subject only to the reader’s discomfort, and will probably be rejected (To The Reader Quotes) Multitudes of words are neither an argument of clear ideas in the writer, nor a proper means of conveying clear notions to the reader (To The Reader Quotes) Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions (To The 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 (To The Reader Quotes) We talk about a free press. These people hide, they make a lot of money off the media. They hide behind the slogans of free press, and then they can come out with crap like that. It’s just garbage. It’s insulting to the readers (To The 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 (To The Reader Quotes) The writing of a novel is taking life as it already exists, not to report it but to make an object, toward the end that the finished work might contain this life inside it and offer it to the reader. The essence will not be, of course, the same thing as the raw material; it is not even of the same family of things. The novel is something that never was before and will not be again (To The Reader Quotes) Whether your characters journey daily to a distant moon or just down the street to the corner bar, what matters to the reader is the singular event that distinguishes one such voyage from all the others and makes for a story worth telling (To The Reader Quotes) In general, I think, less is more, and that if a reader stops reading because a book is too icky then I’ve failed in my obligation to the readers (To The Reader Quotes) There has to be insight born of hindsight. Otherwise, you’re only confessing your sins and asking the reader to forgive you. And that is a complete misuse of the writer’s power and unfair to the reader (To The Reader Quotes) I like to blur the line between fact and fiction, but not to condescend to the reader by enmeshing her/him into some sort of a postmodern coop (To The Reader Quotes) If you’re going to spend two or three years immersed in a subject, you better be deeply interested in it, or it won’t be interesting to the reader (To The Reader Quotes) This skipping is another important point. It should be done whenever a proof seems too hard or whenever a theorem or a whole paragraph does not appeal to the reader. In most cases he will be able to go on and later he may return to the parts which he skipped (To The Reader Quotes) If you’re writing about a character, if he’s a powerful character, unless you give him vulnerability I don’t think he’ll be as interesting to the reader (To The Reader Quotes) The music of revelation announces itself to the reader in somber brooding tones or in melodies light as air and one is invited to dance with the most captivating of partners: poetry (To The Reader Quotes) All I can guess is that when I write, I forget that it’s not real. I’m living the story, and I think people can read that sincerity about the characters. They are real to me while I’m writing them, and I think that makes them real to the readers as well (To The Reader Quotes) Some of the greatest poetry is revealing to the reader the beauty in something that was so simple you had taken it for granted (To The Reader Quotes) The subject, however various and important, has already been so frequently, so ably, and so successfully discussed, that it is now grown familiar to the reader, and difficult to the writer (To The Reader Quotes) I often think I can see it in myself and in other young writers, this desperate desire to please coupled with a kind of hostility to the reader (To The Reader Quotes) Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader (To The 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 (To The Reader Quotes) That is the joy of reading fiction: when all is said and done, the novel belongs to the reader and his or her imagination (To The Reader Quotes) Each reader reads only what is already within himself. The book is only a sort of optical instrument which the writer offers to the reader to enable the latter to discover in himself what he would not have found but for the aid of the book (To The Reader Quotes) My advice to the reader approaching a poem is to make the mind still and blank. Let the poem speak. This charged quiet mimics the blank space ringing the printed poem, the nothing out of which something takes shape (To The Reader Quotes) It’s up to the reader to decipher the code, or the words, based on everything they know about life and emotions (To The Reader Quotes)

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