Reader Quotes

The first paragraph of my book must get me my reader. The last paragraph of a chapter must compel my reader to turn the page. The last paragraph of my book must ensure that my reader looks out for my next book. Ashwin Sanghi
Me Book Chapter First Ensure Out Must Paragraph Looks Reader Get Turn Next Page Compel Last
I'm a compulsive storyteller, an avid reader, and have always nurtured the secret goal of spending my life as a writer. Astro Teller
Life My Life Secret Nurtured Spending Compulsive Writer Reader Always Goal Storyteller Avid
Before I'm a writer, I'm definitely a reader and when I read memoir, I really want it to be true. Augusten Burroughs
Be True Before Definitely Memoir Writer True Read Reader Want Really
I definitely have an affection for detective fiction, and when I first read Dashiell Hammett's 'The Maltese Falcon,' that book and its author made an enormous impression on me as a reader and a writer, and led me to other hard-boiled American writers like Raymond Chandler and Ross McDonald, among many. Avi
Me Book Made First Affection Enormous Other Definitely Detective Writer Writers Raymond Like Read Reader Falcon Led Impression Author American Fiction McDonald Many American Writers Among
The Q I loathe and despise, the Q every single writer I know loathes and despises, is this one: 'Where,' the reader asks, 'do you get your ideas?' It's a simple question, and my usual response is a kind of helpless, 'I don't know.' Ayelet Waldman
You Simple Single Every Loathe Despise Despises Response Kind Writer Ideas Know Reader Question Get Where Ask Your Helpless Usual
I love reader mail, and I do read it, but I won't read hate mail. Ayelet Waldman
Love Hate Mail Read Reader
There are those who believe that the value of a children's book can be measured only in terms of the moral lessons it tries to impose or the perfect role models it offers. Personally, I happen to think that a book is of extraordinary value if it gives the reader nothing more than a smile or two. In fact, I happen to think that's huge. Barbara Park
Smile Book Value Nothing Believe Think Extraordinary Those Moral Tries More Only Gives Fact Perfect Terms Reader Impose Huge Than Offers Role Role Models Models Children In Fact Happen Personally Measured Who Lessons Two
If the reader cares, I don't think it matters so much whether your hero is in fact an anti-hero. Barry Eisler
Hero Matters Think Cares Fact Reader In Fact Whether Much Your
What I need, as a reader, is a character with a heart and a voice and a pulse. I need a character so vivid and so specific that she doesn't feel like fiction. Becky Albertalli
Character Heart Pulse Vivid Voice Feel Like She Reader Fiction Specific Need
The best writing is not about the writer, the best writing is absolutely not about the writer, it's about us, it's about the reader. Ben Okri
Best Writing About Absolutely Writer Absolutely Not Reader Us
Characters die all the time. At times, they die amongst a reader's tears, and at others, amongst the applause, and some, still, in quiet satisfaction. Ben Peek
Time Tears Others Characters Some Reader Still Times Quiet Die Satisfaction Applause Amongst
I love writing picture books and story books because of the exciting, visual life that artists and illustrators give to them. And most of all, I love writing novels because of the inner, emotional journeys that they take me on. Hopefully, the reader comes with me! Berlie Doherty
Life Love Me Writing Picture Books Visual Hopefully Give Emotional Take Exciting Picture Books Journeys Most Reader Because Artists Story Story Books Them Novels Inner
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. Beth Gutcheon
You Better Three Spend Immersed Reader Years Subject Going Interested Interesting Deeply Two
I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library. Beverly Cleary
Great Library Section Tried Entire Tale Tales Read Reader Fairy Fairy Tale Fairy Tales
I am not a big reader to begin with. Billy Burke
Big Reader Am Begin
The first line is the DNA of the poem; the rest of the poem is constructed out of that first line. A lot of it has to do with tone because tone is the key signature for the poem. The basis of trust for a reader used to be meter and end-rhyme. Billy Collins
Trust Key Rest First Signature Out Poem Constructed Reader Because Meter Line Lot Used Tone Basis
I think it's good not to make demands on the reader too early. But as the poem goes on, I want the journey of the poem to lead into some interesting places. Billy Collins
Good Journey Think Too Some Poem Lead Demands Make Reader Goes Want Places Interesting Early
I'm very aware of the presence of a reader, and that probably is a reaction against a lot of poems that I do read which seem oblivious to my presence as a reader. Billy Collins
Seem Poems Oblivious Reaction Read Reader Lot Very Which Against Aware Presence
Reading is so private, and it is often a reader's habit to finish a book, close the covers, and plunge into the next one without a backward glance. Bobbie Ann Mason
Book Reading Backward Plunge Finish Habit Glance Reader Without Private Covers Close Often Next
I was not a big comic-book reader. Brad Bird
Big Reader
I'm an avid biography reader. Brent Spiner
Reader Avid Biography
Libraries have had a long history of dealing with authoritarian organizations demanding reader records - who's read what - and this has led to people being rounded up and killed. Brewster Kahle
History People Long Demanding Libraries Records Long History Had Read Reader Dealing Led Up Authoritarian Being Organizations Rounded
I have to challenge myself, and I have to challenge the reader. We should be weaving and working on new stories and not the same story over and over. Brian Azzarello
Myself Challenge Weaving Over New Reader Same Same Story Stories Story Should Working
I was a big reader. Brian Tee
Big Reader
I suppose I'm an obsessive reader. If I could make a living reading the books I want to read and then telling people about them, I'd pick that over acting. Bruce Harwood
People Reading Living Books Telling About Could Pick Obsessive Over Suppose Make Read Reader Want Them Then If I Could Acting
As a reader, I'm often put off by authors and story-lines without families or children and all of the angst and joy they bring with them. C. J. Box
Joy Angst Put Reader Without Off Families Authors Often Children Them Bring
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