“That the Op-Ed page is very important in readers' and the nation's perception of the Times, the perception of its editorial positions, and of its implicit editorial positions as expressed by the publisher's choice of people who are given the freedom to write opinion columns.” PeopleWritingImportantChoicesGivenNationsOpinionPositionReaderPerceptionPagesPublishersColumnsEditorialsImplicit Author:Daniel Okrent
“Spirits...Ghosts...Angels...whichever yo wish to call them - Reader, they do exist. I've seem them all my life, but I've learned to say nothing. And for all you cynics out there, just remember, there is no proof either way. So I choose to believe. In my opinion, it's much the best option.” WayBelieveSeemsRememberSpiritWishOpinionReaderAngelProofGhostI've Learned Author:Lucinda Riley
“I think the further away you get from completing a book, the more responses you see to it from readers, the more your own tastes and opinions shift and the more you start to see things you could have written differently in the detail, or done differently on the broader scale of plot and character.” ThinkingBookDoneCharacterOpinionWrittenReaderTasteResponseDetailsScalesPlotCompleting Author:Joe Abercrombie
“I don't feel ignored. But I'd rather engage readers than dictate my opinion to them. Opinion is so...subjective!” FeelsOpinionReaderIgnoredSubjective Author:Neil Patrick Harris
“Real writers-that is, capital W Writers-rarely make much money. Their biggest reward is the occasional reader's response.... Commentators-in-print voicing big fat opinions-you might call us small w writers-get considerably more feedback than Writers. The letters I personally find most flattering are not the very rare ones that speak well of my editorials, but the occasional reader who wants to know who writes them. I always happily assume the letter-writers is implying that the editorials are so good that I couldn't have written them myself.” KnowsWantWritingWellsRealBigsMightSpeakOpinionWrittenReaderLettersAssumingResponseRewardsFatsPrintFeedbackOccasionalCommentatorsFlatteringEditorialsImplying Author:Malcolm Forbes
“The motives to actions and the inward turns of mind seem in our opinion more necessary to be known than the actions themselves; and much rather would we choose that our reader should clearly understand what our principal actors think than what they do.” ThinkingShouldMindSeemsActionTurnsActorsFictionKnownOpinionReaderMotivePrincipalInward Author:Sarah Fielding
“Steinberg occupies a position that is very dear to those of us who've held it over the years: sports columnist at The Post. If all he wants to do is be popular--and I think Dan is better than that--then the readers of The Washington Post sports section won't be very well served. Telling readers how great they are as sports fans was never one of my priorities. The only thing worse than people who can't stand to hear an unpopular or unflattering opinion is those that are too afraid to state one.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantYearsWellsStatesSportsOpinionFansPositionReaderDearPrioritiesPostsSectionsColumnistsSports Fan Author:Michael Wilbon
“Books are just dead words on paper and it is the readers who bring the stories alive. Previously, writers wrote a book and sent it out into the world. A couple of months after publication letters from readers might arrive. And, leaving aside the professional reviews, it is really the reader's opinions that the writer needs. They vote for a book - and a writer - with their hard earned cash every time they go into a bookstore (or online - that's my age showing!) and buy a book.” WorldNeedsBookHardStoriesMightAgeOpinionAliveMonthsReaderCouplePaperLettersVoteLeavingOnlineReviewsCashPublicationBookstoresWords On Paper Author:Michael Scott
“People are reading more and writing more because of the internet. So the virtual world is a way for me to listen to my readers and interact with my readers. It is a way that they can voice their opinion.” PeopleWorldWayWritingReadingVoiceOpinionReaderInternetVirtual WorldReading More Author:Paulo Coelho
“It is obvious that the newspaper produces the opinion of the readers.” OpinionProduceReaderObviousNewspapers Author:Umberto Eco
“Fantasy involves that which general opinion regards as impossible; science fiction involves that which general opinion regards as possible under the right circumstances. This is in essence a judgment call, since what is possible and what is not cannot be objectively known but is, rather, a subjective belief on the part of the reader.” BeliefFictionKnownOpinionFantasyImpossibleReaderCircumstancesJudgmentEssenceRegardScience FictionSubjective Book:Pandemonium Source: Pandemonium
“The best critics leave the reader curious to pursue something further, but still to let the reader have his or her own honest, unique opinion.” StillsOpinionHonestReaderUniqueCriticsPursueCurious Author:Michael Hersch