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For a lot of readers these days, a book is something you have to agree or disagree with. But you can't agree with a novel. For my generation, it was assumed that a book is a dramatic thing, that the eye of the book is not telling you what to think. Howard Jacobson

You Generation Book Disagree Think Assumed Dramatic Eye Telling My Generation Something Days Readers Lot Agree Novel Thing

My approach with social media is to interact with the readers I already have. I do it mostly to procrastinate from my writing. It's an escape. It's the only socializing I get outside of my wife, and she gets sick of me. Hugh Howey

Me Writing Social Media Wife Sick Approach Only Outside She Mostly Readers Escape Get Gets Interact Procrastinate Social Media Socializing

You enter a state of controlled passivity, you relax your grip and accept that even if your declared intention is to justify the ways of God to man, you might end up interesting your readers rather more in Satan. Ian Mcewan

I'm a compulsive reader of fiction. I fell in love with novels when I was a teenager. My wife Marilyn and I... our initial friendship began because we are both readers. I've gone to sleep almost every night of my life after having read in a novel for 30 or 40 minutes. I'm a great reader of fiction and much less so of non-fiction. Irvin D. Yalom

Life Love Friendship Great Wife My Life Gone Every Teenager Our Minutes Having Both Compulsive Almost Fell Read Reader Non-Fiction Readers Because Began Fiction After Much Less Initial Novel Novels Every Night Night Marilyn Sleep

I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written. Irwin Shaw

Critics Written Reach Readers Regardless

I wrote my first full book when I was fourteen, and that was 'Obernewtyn.' It was also the first book I had published. It was accepted by the first publisher I sent it to, and it was short listed for Children's Book of the Year in the older readers category in Australia. Isobelle Carmody

Book First Year Older Had Category Also Wrote Readers Accepted Australia Listed Short Children Sent Full Published Publisher Fourteen

Reading is a free practice. I think the readers are free to begin by the books where they want to. They don't have to be led in their reading. J. M. G. Le Clezio

Free Practice Reading Think Books Readers Led Begin Where Want

I have always argued that newspapers should not have any civic purpose beyond telling readers what is happening... A reporter who doesn't quickly tell readers what they most want to know - the score - won't last long. Better he should teach political science. Jack Germond

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With my writing, I try to do stuff I have not done before. Each time I sit down, I want to have a new experience, and by extension, I want my readers to have a different experience. Jacqueline Woodson

Time Experience Writing Try Before Sit Down Stuff New Readers Done Different Want Each Each Time Extension

I don't believe there are 'struggling' readers, 'advanced' readers, or 'non' readers. Jacqueline Woodson

Believe Struggling Advanced Readers

Certain readers resented me when they could no longer recognize their territory, their institution. Jacques Derrida

Me Recognize Could Longer Institution Readers Territory Certain

I love being honest and intimate with people. I love building community. I love emailing with readers. James Altucher

Love People Building Community Intimate Readers Being Being Honest Honest

In hard-core science fiction in which characters are responding to a change in environment, caused by nature or the universe or technology, what readers want to see is how people cope, and so the character are present to cope, or fail to cope. James E. Gunn

Rock and rollers can get you the youth buzz, and younger people are fanatical readers. James Ellroy

You Youth People Readers Rock Get Fanatical Younger Younger People Buzz

There are terrific models for success with reluctant readers, but many school systems and state governments need to set aside their 'not invented here' and 'we have more important problems than education' attitudes. James Patterson

I've put everything I had and I've given my readers 120 percent, and that's the truth. Jan Karon

Truth Everything Percent Given Had Put Readers

There are so many people who don't know small towns exist. When I write, I want to give my readers two things: one is a sense of consolation, and two, I want to make them laugh. Jan Karon

Ten years ago, you wrote a book and you never expected to find out anything about the author. Now with social media, everyone wants that connection. I think our readers want to be invited into our lives and brought on the journey and be part of this whole process. Jane Green

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The futuristic city on 'Legends Walking's cover rejects any connection with the contemporary setting of 'Changer.' It was as if every effort was made to keep readers of 'Changer' from finding this stand-alone sequel. Jane Lindskold

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