|

|

Advertisements

Readers Quotes

If a writer is honest, if what is at stake for him can seem to matter to his readers, then his work may be read. But a writer will work anyway, as I do, and as I have, in part to explore this terra incognita, this dangerous ground I seem to need to risk Picture Quote #1

The only way to build a fan base is to have a lot of material out there for readers to find. You can’t manufacture a fan base. You create it, one story at a time Picture Quote #1

For those of us who take literature very seriously, picking up a work of fiction is the start of an adventure comparable in anticipatory excitement to what I imagine is felt by an athlete warming up for a competition, a mountain climber preparing for the ascent: it is the beginning of a process whose outcome is unknown, one that promises the thrill and elation of success but may as easily end in bitter disappointment. Committed readers realize at a certain point that literature is where we have learned a good part of the little we know about living Picture Quote #1

The particular aspect of history which both attracts and benefits its readers is the examination of causes and the capacity, which is the reward of this study, to decide in each case the best policy to follow. Now in all political situations we must understand that the principle factor which makes for success or failure is the form of a state’s constitution: it is from this source, as if from a fountainhead, that all designs and plans of action not only originate but reach their fulfillment Picture Quote #1

The beauty of literature is you allow readers to see things through other peoples eyes. All good books do this Picture Quote #1

Effective readers, even at their earliest levels, read in five to seven word phrases rather than word by word Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

Writing is a way of living. It doesn’t quite matter that there are too many books for the number of readers in the world to read them. It’s a way of being alive, for the writer Picture Quote #1

Readers usually ignore the typographic interface, gliding comfortably along literacy’s habitual groove. Sometimes, however, the interface should be allowed to fail. By making itself evident, typography can illuminate the construction and identity of a page, screen, place or product 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

It’s as much a writer’s concern, who is responsible to his readers for all the books written before him as well as those which will be written after him Picture Quote #1

Who knows why some words ignite the hearts of some readers while others are like wet matches that won’t light Picture Quote #1

The romance genre is the only genre where readers are guaranteed novels that place the heroine at the heart of the story. These are books that celebrate women’s heroic virtues and values: courage, honor, determination and a belief in the healing power of love Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

I am often asked why I use a variety of pen names. The answer is that this way readers always know which of my three worlds they will be entering when they pick up one of my books Picture Quote #1

Sales were lukewarm. Back home there was no freedom, but there were readers. Here there was freedom enough, but readers were missing Picture Quote #1

I thought it would be fun to take the kind of character that nobody would like, none of our readers would like, and shove him down their throats and make them like him Picture Quote #1

I know that no reader ever asks a question. A writer must force his favors upon his readers Picture Quote #1

The novel as a form is usually seen to be moral if its readers consider freedom, individuality, democracy, privacy, social connection, tolerance and hope to be morally good, but it is not considered moral if the highest values of a society are adherence to rules and traditional mores, the maintenance of hierarchical relationships, and absolute ideas of right and wrong. Any society based on the latter will find novels inherently immoral and subversive Picture Quote #1

I suppose, I hoped, by setting a particularly brutal ancient rite in the present and in my own village to shock the story’s readers with a graphic dramatization of the pointless violence and general inhumanity in their own lives Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

The trick is to realize that one is not important, except insofar as one’s example can serve to elucidate a more widespread human trait and make readers feel a little less lonely and freakish Picture Quote #1

Under the imaginary table that separates me from my readers, don’t we secretly clasp each other’s hands? Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I write quickly, sometimes I spend several weeks on a single poem. I would really love for readers not to be able to guess which of the poems took so much work! Picture Quote #1

Fantasy stories will always be popular, as there are always readers who are willing to escape, freely, to the worlds that the authors create, and spend time with the characters we give life to Picture Quote #1

I think the diversity of authors and readers is expanding, which is wonderful, because it means the type of story being told is also expanding Picture Quote #1

Subplots bring realism to your main plot simply by existing – by interrupting the flow. Why is this? Because life doesn’t move forward all at once. Interruptions happen, change rushes in, we juggle three or ten balls at once. Readers don’t expect continuous narratives Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

Readers are fools. They believe all writing is autobiographical. And so it is, but not in the way they think. The writer’s life needs time to rot away before it can be used to nourish a work of fiction. it must be allowed to decay Picture Quote #1

Fairy tales are experienced by their hearers and readers, not as realistic, but as symbolic poetry Picture Quote #1

Our popular economics writers, however, are not in the business of giving their readers a ringside seat on the research action; with no exception I can think of, they use their books to do an end run around the normal structure of scholarship, to preach ideas that few serious economists share. Often, these ideas are not just at odds with the professional consensus; they are demonstrably wrong, and sometimes terminally silly. But they sound good to the unwary reader Picture Quote #1

My readers are 90 percent gay, and it’s who I write for. I am not here to entertain straight people Picture Quote #1

I have often wondered how anyone who does not read, by which I mean daily, having some book going all the time, can make it through life. Indeed if I were required to make a sharp division in the very nature of people, I would be tempted to make it there: readers and nonreaders of books... It is astonishing how the presence or absence of this habit so consistently characterizes an individual in other respects; it is as though it were a kind of barometer of temperament, of personality, even of character. Aside from that, for me it constituted something like sanity insurance Picture Quote #1

Don’t ask your readers to admire your words when you want them to believe your story Picture Quote #1

1 - 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 - 30

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Advertisements

Text Quotes

If a writer is honest, if what is at stake for him can seem to matter to his readers, then his work may be read. But a writer will work anyway, as I do, and as I have, in part to explore this terra incognita, this dangerous ground I seem to need to risk (Readers Quotes) The only way to build a fan base is to have a lot of material out there for readers to find. You can’t manufacture a fan base. You create it, one story at a time (Readers Quotes) For those of us who take literature very seriously, picking up a work of fiction is the start of an adventure comparable in anticipatory excitement to what I imagine is felt by an athlete warming up for a competition, a mountain climber preparing for the ascent: it is the beginning of a process whose outcome is unknown, one that promises the thrill and elation of success but may as easily end in bitter disappointment. Committed readers realize at a certain point that literature is where we have learned a good part of the little we know about living (Readers Quotes) The particular aspect of history which both attracts and benefits its readers is the examination of causes and the capacity, which is the reward of this study, to decide in each case the best policy to follow. Now in all political situations we must understand that the principle factor which makes for success or failure is the form of a state’s constitution: it is from this source, as if from a fountainhead, that all designs and plans of action not only originate but reach their fulfillment (Readers Quotes) The beauty of literature is you allow readers to see things through other peoples eyes. All good books do this (Readers Quotes) Effective readers, even at their earliest levels, read in five to seven word phrases rather than word by word (Readers Quotes) Writing is a way of living. It doesn’t quite matter that there are too many books for the number of readers in the world to read them. It’s a way of being alive, for the writer (Readers Quotes) Readers usually ignore the typographic interface, gliding comfortably along literacy’s habitual groove. Sometimes, however, the interface should be allowed to fail. By making itself evident, typography can illuminate the construction and identity of a page, screen, place or product (Readers 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 (Readers Quotes) It’s as much a writer’s concern, who is responsible to his readers for all the books written before him as well as those which will be written after him (Readers Quotes) Who knows why some words ignite the hearts of some readers while others are like wet matches that won’t light (Readers Quotes) The romance genre is the only genre where readers are guaranteed novels that place the heroine at the heart of the story. These are books that celebrate women’s heroic virtues and values: courage, honor, determination and a belief in the healing power of love (Readers Quotes) I am often asked why I use a variety of pen names. The answer is that this way readers always know which of my three worlds they will be entering when they pick up one of my books (Readers Quotes) Sales were lukewarm. Back home there was no freedom, but there were readers. Here there was freedom enough, but readers were missing (Readers Quotes) I thought it would be fun to take the kind of character that nobody would like, none of our readers would like, and shove him down their throats and make them like him (Readers Quotes) I know that no reader ever asks a question. A writer must force his favors upon his readers (Readers Quotes) The novel as a form is usually seen to be moral if its readers consider freedom, individuality, democracy, privacy, social connection, tolerance and hope to be morally good, but it is not considered moral if the highest values of a society are adherence to rules and traditional mores, the maintenance of hierarchical relationships, and absolute ideas of right and wrong. Any society based on the latter will find novels inherently immoral and subversive (Readers Quotes) I suppose, I hoped, by setting a particularly brutal ancient rite in the present and in my own village to shock the story’s readers with a graphic dramatization of the pointless violence and general inhumanity in their own lives (Readers Quotes) The trick is to realize that one is not important, except insofar as one’s example can serve to elucidate a more widespread human trait and make readers feel a little less lonely and freakish (Readers Quotes) Under the imaginary table that separates me from my readers, don’t we secretly clasp each other’s hands? (Readers Quotes) Sometimes I write quickly, sometimes I spend several weeks on a single poem. I would really love for readers not to be able to guess which of the poems took so much work! (Readers Quotes) Fantasy stories will always be popular, as there are always readers who are willing to escape, freely, to the worlds that the authors create, and spend time with the characters we give life to (Readers Quotes) I think the diversity of authors and readers is expanding, which is wonderful, because it means the type of story being told is also expanding (Readers Quotes) Subplots bring realism to your main plot simply by existing – by interrupting the flow. Why is this? Because life doesn’t move forward all at once. Interruptions happen, change rushes in, we juggle three or ten balls at once. Readers don’t expect continuous narratives (Readers Quotes) Readers are fools. They believe all writing is autobiographical. And so it is, but not in the way they think. The writer’s life needs time to rot away before it can be used to nourish a work of fiction. it must be allowed to decay (Readers Quotes) Fairy tales are experienced by their hearers and readers, not as realistic, but as symbolic poetry (Readers Quotes) Our popular economics writers, however, are not in the business of giving their readers a ringside seat on the research action; with no exception I can think of, they use their books to do an end run around the normal structure of scholarship, to preach ideas that few serious economists share. Often, these ideas are not just at odds with the professional consensus; they are demonstrably wrong, and sometimes terminally silly. But they sound good to the unwary reader (Readers Quotes) My readers are 90 percent gay, and it’s who I write for. I am not here to entertain straight people (Readers Quotes) I have often wondered how anyone who does not read, by which I mean daily, having some book going all the time, can make it through life. Indeed if I were required to make a sharp division in the very nature of people, I would be tempted to make it there: readers and nonreaders of books... It is astonishing how the presence or absence of this habit so consistently characterizes an individual in other respects; it is as though it were a kind of barometer of temperament, of personality, even of character. Aside from that, for me it constituted something like sanity insurance (Readers Quotes) Don’t ask your readers to admire your words when you want them to believe your story (Readers Quotes)

1 - 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 - 30