“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
“But the real life of a writer resides in showing up at the keyboard every day, with the necessary patience and mercy, and making the best decisions you can on behalf of your people. It’s a slow process. It often feels hopeless, more like an affliction than an art form. Most of us will have to find our readers one by one, in other words, and against considerable resistance. If anything qualifies us as heroic, it’s that private perpetual struggle. Put down the magazine, soldier. Forget about the other guy. Remember who you are.” PeopleIfsFeelsWritingArtRealRememberFormGuyProcessDecisionForgetStruggleReaderMercyWho You AreSoldierReal LifeResistanceMagazinesHopelessHeroicPerpetualAfflictionBehalfOther GuysKeyboardsShowing UpRemember Who You Are Author:Steve Almond
“It's good not only to realize that you can't please all of the people all of the time, but that you don't want to. There's a certain type of reader that you don't ever want to write for.” PeopleWantWritingCertainRealizingTypeReaderPlease Author:Dennis Lehane
“Before 'Wings' came out, I told a few people that at the end of book one, readers should think Laurel made the right choice. Then, at the end of 'Spells,' they should understand why Laurel made the choice she did.” PeopleThinkingShouldMadeBookEndsChoicesReaderWingsSpellsLaurelsRight Choices Author:Aprilynne Pike
“Believe me, I love commerce as much as the rest of the readers of 'Businessweek.' But in art, you have to be true to yourself and your musical vision. People have known me well for a long time, so if I was chasing a trend and doing something that wasn't authentic to who I am, they would know it in just a few seconds.” PeopleIfsKnowsBelieveWellsLongArtKnownVisionReaderLong TimeMusicalWho I AmBeing TrueTrendsSecondsBelieve In MeCommerceChasingBe True To YourselfTrue To YourselfE Commerce Author:Lionel Richie
“Normally, I have a lot of alpha readers on my books. These are people that, once I finish a novel, I let them look at it and give me a reader response.” PeopleGivingLooksBookNovelReaderGive MeResponseAlphas Author:Brandon Sanderson
“We wanted to describe society from our left point of view. Per had written political books, but they'd only sold 300 copies. We realised that people read crime and through the stories we could show the reader that under the official image of welfare-state Sweden there was another layer of poverty, criminality and brutality.” PeopleBookStatesStoriesShowsWantedPoliticalLeftViewsPovertyWrittenCrimeReaderPoint Of ViewWelfareOfficialsCopiesLayersRealisedBrutalitySwedenWelfare StateCriminality Author:Maj Sjowall
“I usually write for the individual reader -though I would like to have many such readers. There are some poets who write for people assembled in big rooms, so they can live through something collectively. I prefer my reader to take my poem and have a one-on-one relationship with it.” PeopleWritingBigsIndividualRoomsPoetReaderOne On One Author:Wislawa Szymborska