“If it were possible adequately to present the whole of a culture, stressing every aspect exactly as appears in the culture itself, no single detail would appear bizarre or strange or arbitrary to the reader, but rather the details would all appear natural and reasonable as they do to the natives who have lived all their lives within the culture.” IfsWholeCultureNaturalStrangeReaderAspectStressDetailsReasonableBizarreArbitrary Author:Gregory Bateson
“I have a really good idea of who my readers are and always write with a sensitivity to my audience. I use the F word when necessary, but there are words I won't use, mainly because I don't like them. I don't write about body parts when I write about sex. It's not about the physiological, it's more important for teens to read about the emotional aspects. I do think there are times when self-censorship is important.” ThinkingWritingImportantIdeasSelfUseBodySexAudienceEmotionalReaderAspectGood IdeasCensorshipTeensSensitivityPhysiologicalSelf Censorship Author:Ellen Hopkins
“I've always been a fast reader. Now I had to do it slowly, discussing each sentence. And every time I wanted to change something I had to come up with an intelligent defense I could be pretty sure that they would turn my suggestion down, as they had so many aspects to keep in mind. However, if I argued well, I could have a chance. I had to think of every comma, every word.” IfsThinkingMindWellsWantedTurnsChanceReaderAspectIntelligentCome UpSentencesDefenseSuggestionsDiscussing Author:Karl Ove Knausgard
“An able reader often discovers in other people's writings perfections beyond those that the author put in or perceived, and lends them richer meanings and aspects.” PeopleWritingAbleReaderAspectPerfection Author:Michel de Montaigne
“I'm not a writer who's preaching some particular philosophy or something but the big questions do concern me and I like to make my readers think and debate and argue with each other and look at some aspect of the world or some act of governance or war or power and have an angle they haven't considered before, and that's something I strive for and hopefully have accomplished.” ThinkingWorldLooksWarPhilosophyBigsHavensParticularReaderConcernAspectStriveArguingDebateHopefullyAccomplishedPreachingAngleGovernanceBig Questions Author:George R. R. Martin
“Teen readers can see aspects of themselves in the teen authors, which in a way, validates their experiences.” WayReaderAspect Author:Deborah Reber
“Only that, nothing more - a tiny beam of light to show some hidden aspect of reality, to help decipher and understand it and thus to initiate, if possible, a change in the conscience of some readers.” IfsHelpingShowsRealityLightReaderConscienceAspectTinyBeamInitiateDecipherBeams Of Light Author:Isabel Allende
“I have been an avid reader since my youth. Because I also liked to play tabletop games, I soon felt the desire to make the story narrated in a book or an aspect of that story come alive in a game.” Has BeensBookPlayStoriesDesireGamesFeltAliveYouthReaderAspectAvid Author:Klaus Teuber
“It's a beautiful aspect of narrative construction, hunting for the right images and metaphors to render our character's hearts/minds/souls as though they're ecosystems, full-fledged settings for a reader to inhabit like a place.” MindHeartSoulCharacterBeautifulReaderAspectMetaphorSettingSettingsNarrativeConstructionHuntingEcosystems Author:Joshua Mohr
“Every aspect of the novel is - or should be - an arrow pointed towards its ultimate meaning, or a multiplicity of possible meanings. But I also value the readers' autonomy, their right to both read and misread.” ShouldValuesNovelReaderAspectUltimateAutonomyArrowsMultiplicity Author:C.E. Morgan