“At the end of the day, it's about the reader's attachment to and belief in the magical elements that make or break magical realism.” EndsBeliefBreakReaderElementsThe End Of The DayAttachmentRealismMagical RealismMake Or Break Author:Tea Obreht
“The people who lived behind those clean lace curtains in row after row of identical boxes were newspaper readers, and every word in at any rate my newspaper must be clear and comprehensible to them, must be interesting to them, must encourage them to break away from littleness, stimulate their ambition, help them to want to build a better land.” PeopleWantHelpingInterestingBehindsBreakClearLandReaderAmbitionCleanRateBoxesNewspapersCurtainsIdenticalLace Author:Arthur Christiansen
“The serious reader in the age of technology is a rebel by definition: a protester without a placard, a Luddite without hammer or bludgeon. She reads on planes to picket the antiseptic nature of modern travel, on commuter trains to insist on individualism in the midst of the herd, in hotel rooms to boycott the circumstances that separate her from her usual sources of comfort and stimulation, during office breaks to escape from the banal conversation of office mates, and at home to revolt against the pervasive and mind-deadening irrelevance of television.” MindHomeAgeRoomsBreakTechnologyModernTelevisionSeriousSourceReaderCircumstancesComfortConversationOfficeTrainDefinitionsPlanesHotelMidstRebelMatesUsualIndividualismHammersHerdsRevoltStimulationHotel RoomsBoycottIrrelevance Author:Eric Burns
“It's insane to be a writer and not be a reader. When I'm writing I'm more likely to be reading four or five books at once, just in bits and pieces rather than subjecting myself to a really brilliant book and thinking, "Well what's the point of me writing anything?" I'm more likely to read a book through when I take a break from writing.” ThinkingWritingWellsBookReadingBitsBreakFivePiecesFourReaderBrilliantInsaneBits And Pieces Author:Markus Zusak
“The headline of an advertisement accounts for 60% of the pull of that ad. In the same way, the start of a letter makes or breaks the letter, because if the start does not interest your reader, he never gets down to the rest of your letter.” IfsWayDoeInterestBreakReaderLettersAccountsAdsHeadlinesAdvertisementsMake Or Break Author:Robert Collier
“I had always been a reader and a skeptic, so when I was old enough to break away from organized religion, it just came naturally.” EnoughBreakReaderOrganizedSkepticOrganized Religion Author:Amber Heard
“There's a great line by Joss Whedon: "Make it dark, make it grim, make it tough, but then, for the love of God, tell a joke." Even for a reader, there's only so much punishment they can take. You've got to give them a break here and there.” GivingLinesDarkBreakReaderJokesToughPunishmentGod LoveHere And ThereGrim Author:Declan Shalvey