“Literature remains an indispensable human activity, in which the reader and the writer are engaged of their own volition. Hence, literature has no duty to the masses or society, and ethical or moral pronouncements added by busybody critics are of no concern to the writer.” HumansLiteratureMoralDutyReaderActivityMassConcernRemainsCriticsEngagedEthicalIndispensableHuman ActivityVolitionBusybodies Author:Gao Xingjian
“There are three classes of readers; some enjoy without judgment; others judge without enjoyment; and some there are who judge while they enjoy, and enjoy while they judge. The latter class reproduces the work of art on which it is engaged. Its numbers are very small.” ArtThreeReadingEnjoyNumbersClassJudgingReaderJudgmentEngagedEnjoymentLatterWorks Of Art Book:Goethe's Opinions on the World, Mankind, Literature, Science, and Art Source: Goethe's Opinions on the World, Mankind, Literature, Science, and Art
“Learn to be good readers, which is perhaps a more difficult thing than you imagine. Learn to be discriminative in your reading; to read faithfully, and with your best attention, all kinds of things which you have a real interest in,--a real, not an imaginary,--and which you find to be really fit for what you are engaged in.” KindRealReadingDifficultInterestAttentionImagineReaderFitBe GoodAll KindsEngagedBeing RealImaginaryDifficult Things Book:The Works of Thomas Carlyle Source: The Works of Thomas Carlyle
“I think I write for reluctant readers. Of course I want everyone to enjoy my books, but if the kids in the back row who normally don't pick up a book are engaged with what I'm writing, along with the kids who are big readers anyway, then I really feel like I've done my job.” IfsThinkingWantFeelsWritingBookDoneBigsKidsJobsCoursesEnjoyReaderPicksEngagedReluctant Author:Rick Riordan
“Suspense is one of the ways you persuade a reader to become engaged and stay engaged with your work.” WayReaderSuspenseEngaged Author:Marge Piercy
“In film, a lot of the time you're not as engaged, it is all being given to you, and you're accepting it as it comes in, but in comics, as a reader, you are going to have to work, your imagination needs to do an awful lot.” NeedsFilmGivenImaginationAcceptingReaderAwfulEngaged Author:Neil Gaiman
“The essay must be artistically rendered: You must keep the reader engaged, whether with wit, conflict, mischief, and/or yes, with honesty.” HonestyReaderConflictWitEngagedEssaysMischief Author:Phillip Lopate