“Readers have actually changed the way I've done things, changed the course of my career even, about four or five times. Just from reader feedback.” WayDoneCoursesCareersFiveFourChangedReaderThings ChangeFeedback Author:Debbie Macomber
“First and foremost, I consider myself a storyteller. And I'm endlessly fascinated with people, with what they do and why... and how they feel about it. Which means I'm interested in romance fiction. I was drawn to it, as both a reader and a writer, at the very beginning of my career. It's my kind of storytelling.” PeopleFeelsFirstsKindMeanRomanceFictionCareersReaderStorytellingFascinatedStoryteller Author:Debbie Macomber
“The biggest challenge of my career, which is something that authors of genre fiction face all the time, is writing something fresh and new and at the same time meeting reader expectations.” WritingFacesChallengesFictionCareersReaderExpectationsMeetingsGenre Author:Julia Quinn
“I'm sometimes asked how I would like to be remembered. I've had a diverse career as a writer, underwater explorer, space promoter and science populariser. Of all these, I want to be remembered most as a writer - one who entertained readers, and, hopefully, stretched their imagination as well.” WantWellsSometimesImaginationSpaceCareersReaderHopefullyRememberedDiverseExplorersUnderwaterPromoters Author:Arthur C. Clarke
“Hitler was an avid reader, a passion that stayed with him through all the phases of his career.” PassionCareersReaderPhasesAvid Author:Volker Ullrich
“Anything less than total candor was bullshit. I owed that to my readers, I owed that to myself, and I owed that most specifically to my mother. I've had some thrilling moments in my 18-year literary career to this point, and nothing comes close to giving Geneva Hilliker Ellroy, the farm girl from Tunnel City, Wisconsin, to the world.” WorldGivingYearsMomentsMotherGirlCitiesCareersReaderFarmsBullshitThrillingTunnelsCandorWisconsinGenevaFarm Girl Author:James Ellroy
“I suspect many readers might associate [Bob Dylan] with one of the shortest phases of his career, the time from 1963 to '65 when he wrote his most famous "protest songs," like "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin.'"” MightSongCareersWindReaderProtestSuspectsBobPhasesAssociatesDylanProtest Songs Author:Jay Michaelson