“Just think, reader, what will happen to you if the truth of a mad beast overpowers the sane truth of man?” IfsThinkingMenHappensTruthReaderMadBeastSane Author:Maxim Gorky
“Literary texts do not exist on bookshelves: they are processes of signification materialized only in the practice of reading. For literature to happen, the reader is quite as vital as the author.” HappensReadingLiteratureProcessPracticeReaderBookshelves Author:Terry Eagleton
“I try to be a lot of things for the authors I work with - a careful reader, a helpful friend who also happens to be an experienced writer, a thoughtful editor, and a creative midwife.” TryingHappensCreativeReaderCarefulThoughtfulHelpfulEditorsMidwife Author:Kevin Sampsell
“A ghost story of which the scene is laid in the twelfth or thirteenth century may succeed in being romantic or poetical: it will never put the reader into the position of saying to himself: "If I'm not careful, something of this kind may happen to me!” IfsKindMayStoriesHappensCenturyPositionReaderSceneSucceedCarefulGhostGhost Stories Book:Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories Source: Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories
“Every man speaks and writes with intent to be understood; and it can seldom happen but he that understands himself, might convey his notions to another, if, content to be understood, he did not seek to be admired; but when once he begins to contrive how his sentiments may be received, not with most ease to his reader, but with most advantage to himself, he then transfers his consideration from words to sounds, from sentences to periods, and, as he grows more elegant, becomes less intelligible.” IfsMenWritingMayMightHappensSpeakGrowsSoundReaderPeriodsUnderstoodAdvantageNotionSentencesEvery ManEaseConsiderationSentimentsElegantTransfers Book:The Idler: With Additional Essays Source: The Idler: With Additional Essays
“Lucky are you, reader, if you happen not to be of that sex to whom it is forbidden all good things; to whom liberty is denied; to whom almost all virtues are denied; lucky are you if you are one of those who can be wise without its being a crime.” IfsHappensSexWomenLibertyVirtueWiseCrimeReaderLuckyGood ThingsDeniedForbiddenBeing Wise Author:Marie de Gournay
“I think the trick of being a writer is to basically put your cards out there all the time and be willing to be as in the dark about what happens next as your reader would be at that time.” ThinkingHappensWould BeNextDarkWillingReaderTricksCards Author:George Saunders