“My platform has been to reach reluctant readers. And one of the best ways I found to motivate them is to connect them with reading that interests them, to expand the definition of reading to include humor, science fiction/fantasy, nonfiction, graphic novels, wordless books, audio books and comic books.” WayHas BeensBookReadingFoundInterestFictionFantasyNovelReaderScience FictionDefinitionsBest WayComicNonfictionPlatformsComic BookGraphicReluctantGraphic NovelsAudioAudio Books Author:Jon Scieszka
“Imagine! It is the real power of a book--not what is on the page, but what happens when a reader takes the pages in, makes it part of himself. That is the definition of literature.” BookRealHappensLiteratureImagineReaderPagesDefinitionsReal Power Book:The Last Bookaneer: A Novel Source: The Last Bookaneer: A Novel
“We consume everything like potato chips. In this environment, I suspect the cartoonist's connection with readers is likely to be superficial and fleeting, unless he taps into some fervent special interest niche. And that audience, almost by definition, will be tiny.” InterestAudienceEnvironmentSpecialReaderConnectionsDefinitionsTinySuspectsSuperficialFleetingChipsPotatoesNicheSpecial InterestsCartoonistFerventPotato Chips Author:Bill Watterson
“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
“Creation, even when it is a mere outpouring from the heart, wishes to find a public. By definition, creation is sociable. Yet it can be satisfied with merely one single reader: an old friend, a lover.” HeartWishCreationReaderLoversMereDefinitionsSatisfiedOld FriendsSociable Author:Lu Xun
“For me, the game would be to assume a very intelligent reader who can extrapolate a lot from a little. And that's become my definition of art; to get that pitch just right, where I can put a hint on page three, and the reader's ears go up a bit, as opposed to dropping it all on the first page.” FirstsLittlesArtI CanWould BeThreeGamesBitsReaderPagesEarsIntelligentAssumingDefinitionsDroppingHints Author:George Saunders