“I appreciate a book intended to be judged by its cover. The insincere readers are often weeded out while the sincere readers remain curious.” BookReaderAppreciateCuriousSincereJudgedInsincere Book:Healology Source: Healology
“Greatest misconception about Wikipedia: We aren’t democratic. Our readers edit the entries, but we’re actually quite snobby. The core community appreciates when someone is knowledgeable, and thinks some people are idiots and shouldn’t be writing.” PeopleThinkingWritingCommunityReaderAppreciateDemocraticCoreIdiotEditsEntryMisconceptionKnowledgeableSnobby Author:Jimmy Wales
“I think readers appreciate those of us who stay in the trenches and fight the good fight even when times get tough. I know that I, personally, lost respect for writers who, when there was a downturn in the market, started shouting from the rooftops that they wrote thrillers and suspense novels rather than horror. As far as I'm concerned, those wussboys should sever all ties with the horror community if that's the way they feel and get out of the way so real horror writers can do their work.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayFeelsShouldRealFightingLostCan DoCommunityNovelReaderHorrorToughConcernedAppreciateSuspenseTiesShoutingThrillersTrenchesGood FightRooftopsDownturnSuspense NovelsFight The Good FightLost Respect Author:Bentley Little
“I want to say that I really appreciate that readers are willing to work with my tendency to write in several different genres and for different age groups.” WantWritingDifferentAgeGroupsWillingReaderAppreciateTendenciesGenreDifferent GenresDifferent Ages Author:Melissa Marr
“I seem to have three categories of readers. The first is nonbelievers who are glad that I am reading the Bible so they don't have to bother. The second group, which is quite large, is very Biblically literate Jews. And the third, which is also very large, is Christians, most of them evangelical. The evangelical readers and the Jewish readers have generally been very encouraging, because they appreciate someone taking the book they love so seriously, and actually reading it and grappling with it.” FirstsBookSeemsChristianThreeReadingGroupsReaderAppreciateThirdsJewGladBotherCategoriesEvangelicalGrapplingReading The Bible Author:David Plotz
“Philosophy treats of physics where a more careful knowledge is required because the problems which come under this head are numerous... So the reader of Ctesibius or Archimedes and the other writers of treatises of the same class will not be able to appreciate them unless he has been trained in these subjects by the philosophers.” Has BeensPhilosophyProblemAbleClassSubjectsReaderAppreciateTreatsPhilosopherCarefulPhysics Author:Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
“I just want to write books or give talks which, if I were in the audience or I were the reader, I would appreciate.” IfsWantGivingWritingBookAudienceReaderAppreciate Author:Marianne Williamson
“I just hope that readers and publishers continue to appreciate good writing and good storytelling in all their various forms. And I hope that people continue to read books, even though we have so many other options for entertainment.” PeopleWritingBookFormReaderAppreciateVariousEntertainmentStorytellingPublishersGood WritingGood Storytelling Author:Karen Thompson Walker
“You have to be an extremely good reader to appreciate what a good writer is. There are some people who are completely insensitive to good writing.” PeopleWritingReaderAppreciateGood WritingGood WritersInsensitive Author:Robert Caro
“A lot of times it's the child that sees something and not the grownup. I love that because, when readers get older, they start looking for the most important ideas in the story. They don't look at things in the same way anymore. Children haven't really learned to do that yet. They take all their great, intellectual skills, look at the full page, and appreciate all of the different things.” WayLooksChildrenImportantIdeasDifferentStoriesHavensReaderSkillsPagesIntellectualAppreciateDifferent ThingsGrownups Author:Jan Brett
“To grow, to become spiritually alive, and vibrant, you really have to struggle. Without struggle, you do not move at all...I would appreciate it if readers who come to my work would try very, very, very hard not to think narrowly as we are taught to think in America.” IfsThinkingTryingHardAmericaMovingGrowsStruggleAliveTaughtReaderAppreciate Author:Alice Walker
“Dylan Landis knows how to unnerve a reader, even as she's appreciating being unnerved. Rainey Royal thrums with sex and power. A brave, exquisite book.” KnowsBookSexKnow HowReaderAppreciateBraveRoyalDylanExquisiteLandi Author:Mary Kay Zuravleff
“It's disingenous for me to say that I wasn't trying to write a moral novel. By its very nature as a novel about the Iraq War, Fobbit steps into the political conversation. There's no way to avoid that. I can appreciate that readers are probably going to line up on one side of the novel or the other. I hope they go to those polar extremes, actually.” WayWritingTryingI CanWarPoliticalSidesLinesMoralStepsNovelReaderConversationAppreciateIraqExtremesIraq War Author:Dave Abrams
“That’s what i love about poetry. The more abstract, the better. The stuff were your not sure what the poets talking about. You may have an idea, but you cant be sure. Not a hundred percent. Each word, specifically chosen, could have a million different meanings. Is it a stand-in ―a symbol for another idea? Does it fit into a larger, more hidden, metaphor? ...I hated poetry until someone showed me how to appreciate it. He told me to see poetry as a puzzle. Its up to the reader to decipher the code, or the words, based on everything they know about life and emotions.” KnowsMayDoeIdeasDifferentStuffEmotionTalkingMillionsPoetReaderFitPercentHundredAppreciateMetaphorChosenSymbolsCodeHatedNot SureAbstractPuzzlesCantDecipherDifferent Meanings Author:Jay Asher
“The poet or storyteller who feels that he is competing with a superb double play in the World Series is a lost man. One would not want as a reader a man who did not appreciate the finesse of a double play.” MenWorldWantFeelsPlayLostPoetReaderAppreciateBaseballSeriesStorytellerCompetingSuperbWorld SeriesFinesse Author:John Cheever