“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
“I like to be challenged with language, so I start to do texts for my blogs that people can download, can spread. There is no commercial interest behind it. It's only for fun, like doing something that you really enjoy to do. I have texts that I write specifically for the internet and I put them there. I am interested in how readers also respond to the texts that I write to them.” PeopleWritingLanguageFunEnjoyInterestBehindsReaderInternetSpreadBlogsDownloads Author:Paulo Coelho
“I don't know if the books are making the world a much better place. I don't write with that objective. What I know is that I see my readers creating a critical mass so we can at least understand this world in a different way.” IfsKnowsWorldWayWritingBookDifferentThis WorldReaderCreatingMassCriticalObjectivesDifferent WaysBetter PlaceCritical Mass Author:Paulo Coelho
“You can lose a reader in a blink of an eye. If a person is an engineer or chemist or an anthropologist or whatever, you spoil the whole book for that person if there's obviously ignorance here. What's wrong with so much science fiction is that the science is so lousy that it isn't worth paying attention to.” IfsPersonsBookWholeEyeLosesAttentionFictionIgnoranceReaderScience FictionPay AttentionEngineersSpoilBlinkChemistAnthropologistsBlink Of An Eye Author:Robert Caro
“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
“I read a lot, that's my main hobby. I've got an iPad which I store books on and I read voraciously. I'm a slow reader but I'm obsessive. I make references, underline things, cross-reference. I'm an autodidact.” BookReaderCrossesStoresHobbiesObsessiveIpads Author:Anthony Hopkins
“If you're going to have a book full of clever people and nobody ever jokes, it's just not going to ring true to the reader. That said, humor writing is the hardest kind of writing there is.” PeopleIfsWritingKindSaidBookReaderJokesRingsCleverHardest Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“Humor is important for is pacing. If your whole book is just drama drama drama, it's going to wear down the reader.” IfsImportantBookWholeReaderDramaPacing Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“The key to good worldbuilding is leaving out most of what you create. You, as the author, had damn well better know the where all that dragon food comes from, but that doesn't mean that I, as a reader, want to read a five thousand word essay about you explaining it to me. I don't need to see the math, but I can tell by the details you provide whether or not you've thought these things through to their logical conclusions.” KnowsWantNeedsWellsMeanI CanFiveKeysReaderThousandLeavingDetailsMathConclusionDamnDragonsLogicalEssaysExplaining Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“Unfortunately, a lot of fantasy is chock full of sexism and racism. A lot of authors don't even realize they're doing it, and a lot of readers don't know they're reading it. That's what makes it so scary in some cases.” KnowsReadingRealizingCasesFantasyReaderRacismScarySexism Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“My agent pointed out one day that I had been quoted by a columnist in some American newspaper, and he noted with some glee that they simply identified me by name without reminding people who I was, apparently in the clear expectation that their readers would know who I am.” PeopleKnowsNamesClearReaderOne DayExpectationsNewspapersWho I AmAgentsRemindingGleeColumnists Author:Terry Pratchett
“I am interested in giving the reader true vertigo. I look to deteriorating consciousness as our inevitable condition and I am trying to make it work the same way I did with my juvenile mind - that is, to imagine how we are suffering. To record it being actual and then virtual.” WayGivingTryingMindLooksSufferingConsciousnessRecordsImagineConditionsReaderInevitableJuvenileDeterioratingVertigo Author:Tony Burgess
“One of the most frequent responses I get from non-Christian readers is: 'I'm not sure I agree with all this, but I must say this is the first book I've read by a Christian that didn't treat me like I was an idiot.'” FirstsBookChristianReaderTreatsAgreeResponseIdiotNot Sure Author:Timothy Keller
“I love getting fan mail. Often, as a writer, you never know what your readers think of a book... you get critical reviews and sales figures, but none of that is the same as knowing you've made a person stay up all night reading, or helped them have a good cry, or really touched their life.” ThinkingKnowsPersonsMadeBookNightReadingKnowingFansCryFiguresReaderCriticalTouchedReviewsMailAll NightUp All NightFan Mail Author:Jodi Picoult
“I have the most devoted and loyal following. I could probably type up my grocery list and they'd all want to read it. I love that they're willing to let me go wherever I need to go as an author, and they're happy to come along for the ride as the reader.” WantNeedsWillingTypeReaderLet MeFollowingListsLoyalDevotedGroceriesLet Me GoAlong For The RideGrocery Lists Author:Jodi Picoult
“The people who decided in their wisdom that we're all going to go over to ebooks, they are not readers. These are technical people. These are people who think that somehow this is progress. It isn't. It's regressive.” PeopleThinkingProgressReaderDecided Author:Jeanette Winterson
“Nothing that readers say or do strikes me as a nuisance. Anyone who cracks open a book of mine is, to me, a gem.” BookMinesReaderStrikesCracksGemsNuisance Author:Garrison Keillor
“There have always been readers throughout history who have been drawn to villains.” Has BeensReaderVillain Author:Cassandra Clare
“Write what you want to read. So many people think they need to write a particular kind of book, or imitate a successful style, in order to be published. I've known people who felt they had to model their book on existing blockbusters, or write in a genre that's supposed to be "hot right now" in order to get agents and publishers interested. But if you're writing in a genre you don't like, or modeling yourself on a book you don't respect, it'll show through. You're your first, most important reader, so write the book that reader really wants to read.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantNeedsWritingFirstsKindImportantBookShowsOrderFeltKnownSuccessfulStyleParticularReaderRight NowModelsHotWhat You WantAgentsSupposed To BeGenrePublishersModelingBlockbuster Author:Cassandra Clare
“If my setting is new to a reader, or the concerns of the novel are new, I hope they will learn something about the world. I would like to say that they can trust that what they do learn in the novel will be accurate, because I pay a lot of attention to facts. I do a lot of research to make sure that I'm not giving them, you know, blue moons of Jupiter. It's not science fiction.” IfsKnowsWorldGivingFactsPayAttentionFictionNovelReaderMoonResearchConcernBlueScience FictionSettingSettingsAccurateJupiterBlue Moon Author:Barbara Kingsolver
“I'm never going to tell the reader what to believe; I'm going to examine these characters that believe different ways, and examine their motives.” WayBelieveDifferentCharacterReaderDifferent WaysMotive Author:Barbara Kingsolver
“I believe with all my heart in delivering on my contract with my readers. They've got plenty of other things to do, so I had better give them a reason to turn every one of these 550 pages. This is my promise: I solemnly swear I'll make you laugh out loud at least once, cry a little in private, and burn whatever you left on the stove.” GivingBelieveHeartLittlesReasonTurnsLeftI BelieveLaughingCryReaderMy HeartPromisePagesPlentyLoudThings To DoContractsSwearDeliveringMake You LaughStovesLaugh Out Loud Author:Barbara Kingsolver
“I think people might think, oh, I don't want to approach the big famous author because it's embarrassing, but then they think for two seconds about it and realize, this is, like, a toilet bowl reader.” PeopleThinkingWantTwoBigsMightRealizingReaderApproachSecondsBowlsEmbarrassingToilets Author:Augusten Burroughs
“I can't begin to predict how news will be delivered to readers in, say, 100 years. But I do know one thing that hasn't changed: Whatever the delivery system, whether it's a magazine, book or blog, people like vivid writing, strong stories and credible people. So while the venue is changing rapidly, human nature isn't, which I find soothing.” PeopleKnowsWritingYearsHumansI CanBookStoriesStrongOne ThingHuman NatureChangedReaderNewsMagazinesVividBlogsDeliverySoothingCredibleVenues Author:Anna Quindlen
“Writing for UrbanMoms has awarded me a multitude of amazing opportunities. I have traveled to new places; alone and with my family. I have discovered new products, new books, new trends and new restaurants, and been able to share them with my readers. I've met other wonderful writers and many incredible celebrities.” WritingBookAbleOpportunityWonderfulShareProductsReaderMetsMy FamilyIncrediblesRestaurantsTrendsMultitudesTraveledNew BooksNew PlacesNew ProductsAmazing Opportunities Author:Anna Quindlen
“I hope readers will do what I do when I read a novel I like: talk in ways that will illuminate their own lives.” WayNovelReader Book:Every Last One: A Novel Source: Every Last One: A Novel
“I am always interested in the ways of scoring the sound of the poem, especially a poem with long lines. Spaces within a line, double colons, slashes, are indications of pause, of breath, of urgency, they are not metrically exact as in a musical notation but they serve (I hope) to make the reader think about the sound of the poem - just as traffic symbols, when driving, make us almost unconsciously aware of a steep hill, an intersection, an icy bridge etc.” ThinkingWayLongSoundLinesSpaceReaderBreathsMusicalDrivingSymbolsHillsBridgesEtcTrafficPausesUrgencyIndicationSteepIcyIntersectionsLong Lines Author:Adrienne Rich
“My writing model is my mother, who is a writer as well. She always valued clarity and simplicity above all else. If someone doesn't understand what you're writing, then everything else you do is superfluous. Irrelevant. If any thoughtful, curious reader finds what I do impenetrable, I've failed.” IfsWritingWellsMotherReaderModelsSimplicityClarityCuriousThoughtfulIrrelevantSuperfluous Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“The writer, in order to proceed, is theoretically trying to predict where his complex skein of language and image has left his reader, who he has likely never met and who is actually thousands of readers.” TryingOrderLeftLanguageReaderMetsComplexes Author:George Saunders
“I am always considering the reader. Although this is admittedly kind of odd: Which reader? On what day? In what mood? For me, that "reader" is actually just me, if I had never read the story before.” IfsKindStoriesReaderMoodOddConsidering Author:George Saunders
“As a writer I'm essentially just trying to impersonate a first-time reader, who picks up the story and has to decide, at every point, whether to keep going.” TryingFirstsStoriesReaderPicksFirst TimeKeep GoingImpersonate Author:George Saunders
“I discovered that if you find the language to talk to younger readers, children can accept anything.” IfsChildrenLanguageAcceptingReader Author:Salman Rushdie
“Thanks to music I have found a deeper connection to an otherwise elusive God. Thru music I get to commune directly, and daily. On a side note to readers, any service or craft you give your heart to will give you the same effect. Don't be afraid to work less and play more! We are human. We didn't come here to hold down a dayjob. We came here to live and learn!” GivingHumansHeartPlayFoundSidesEffectsReaderConnectionsNotesDeeperCraftsThanksElusiveLive And LearnCommunes Author:Jason Mraz
“I spent many years in grad school in English, so I've read a lot in a variety of genres. But adventure fantasy is my bread and butter as a reader, and probably always will be. So it's only natural that I came to that genre as a writer.” YearsSchoolNaturalFantasyAdventureReaderBreadVarietyGenreGradBread And ButterGrad School Author:Saladin Ahmed
“My writerly aspirations are pretty simple: to provide as many readers as possible with the same sort of wonderful immersion that I myself get from fantasy novels - and to make enough money to help feed my kids while doing so.” EnoughHelpingKidsSimpleFantasyNovelWonderfulReaderAspirationImmersionFantasy Novels Author:Saladin Ahmed
“Intellectual culture seems to separate high art from low art. Low art is horror or pornography or anything that has a physical component to it and engages the reader on a visceral level and evokes a strong sympathetic reaction. High art is people driving in Volvos and talking a lot. I just don't want to keep those things separate. I think you can use visceral physical experiences to illustrate larger ideas, whether they're emotional or spiritual. I'm trying to not exclude high and low art or separate them.” PeopleThinkingWantTryingArtIdeasUseSeemsSpiritualCultureStrongLevelsTalkingEmotionalReaderHorrorIntellectualLowsArt IsDrivingReactionsPornographyComponentsSympatheticEvokeVisceralHighs And LowsHigh ArtVolvo Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“I have an experience with as many of my readers as possible that's really genuine. I love it when they write to me, and I'm able to send them things. I love meeting them in person, and even if it's only for a moment I love having that physical, touching interaction.” IfsWritingPersonsMomentsAbleReaderMeetingsGenuineTouchingInteractionThings I Love Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“I've always written in first person. It gives the readers more insight.” GivingFirstsPersonsWrittenReaderInsightFirst Person Author:Sarah Dessen
“I'm just writing what I know. I've never been much of a reader of fantasy, and I think you write what you, personally, enjoy reading.” ThinkingKnowsWritingReadingEnjoyFantasyReader Author:Sarah Dessen
“I think readers are just looking for things that maybe they recognize or can relate to in the books.” ThinkingBookReaderRelate Author:Sarah Dessen
“I wanted to write a story that was different than what I've done before - so I decided to write dual love stories that will keep the reader wondering how the stories will come together by the end.” WritingDifferentEndsDoneStoriesWantedTogetherWonderReaderDecidedLove Story Author:Nicholas Sparks
“The inspiration for my novels comes from the depths of a creative well, based on asking myself questions over and over. I try to write something different each time I sit down to write; I try to surprise the readers.” WritingTryingWellsDifferentInspirationNovelCreativeReaderAskingSurpriseDepth Author:Nicholas Sparks
“I think that setting a novel in a small town taps into a sense of nostalgia among readers. People tend to believe life is different in small towns, and frankly, it is different.” PeopleThinkingBelieveDifferentLife IsNovelReaderTownsNostalgiaSettingSettingsSmall Town Author:Nicholas Sparks
“All of my books have an element of a man who is in love with somebody and needs them desperately, not just for procreation but for being able to fully unbosom himself. He only feels comfortable discussing things with women. Which is funny, because 80 percent of readers are women!” MenNeedsFeelsBookAbleReaderElementsComfortablePercentDiscussingProcreation Author:Gary Shteyngart
“As a writer, you always read in two minds: You read as a reader and you enjoy it, and you look at it as a writer, and you just admire the architecture and the construction.” MindLooksTwoBookStoriesEnjoyReaderArchitectureAdmireConstructionTwo Minds Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“I like to end stories where the readers have a little room to run. They can resolve things as they like in their own mind.” MindLittlesEndsStoriesRunningRoomsReaderResolve Author:Stephen King
“My feeling of the whole genre, of the terror tale, is this: The best thing that you can do for the readers in this field is to terrify them. It is something that is intellectual, it happens in your mind.” MindWholeFeelingsHappensCan DoFieldsReaderIntellectualTerrorTalesGenreBest Things Author:Stephen King
“I don't think any of my books tell the reader anything new. But they do remind, in a time that is strident and screeching about the limitations of this world and all the trouble we can get ourselves into.” ThinkingWorldBookTroubleThis WorldReaderLimitation Author:Richard Bach
“As sculptors chip away the stone in order to find the statue, writers chip away extraneous verbiage so readers can see the shape of an idea clearly. My gift is to see through the confusion, to bring order and simplicity to a story.” IdeasStoriesOrderReaderShapesStonesSimplicityConfusionChipsStatuesSculptors Author:Leslie Parrish
“There are two tests that we [writers] have for all of our writing: So What? and Who Cares? There is an answer to both. The answer to Who Cares is that a reader cares, if the writing is good. The answer to So What is that these ideas give us completely new understanding, change our sense of who we [people] are and why we're here [on this planet].” PeopleIfsGivingWritingTwoIdeasCareUnderstandingAnswersPlanetsReaderTestsWho Cares Author:Richard Bach