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“There are other great writers who are not read properly in their own day for the reason, perhaps, that their readers are not yet born. What they have to say to their own generation is said so at cross-purposes and with such apparent irrelevance that it is not understood. They are, as it were, giants who tower above their own age to cast their shadows across the next.”

Said Reason Age Purpose Next Born Generations Reader Understood Shadow Crosses Casts Giants Towers Great Writers Irrelevance

Author:Caroline Gordon

“In terms of characters I wish I had created - just because I haven't dealt with anything like them - I'm really impressed by characters who can endure over time, whether that be a long series run like a Harry Bosch, or a character who endures over generations and continues to please readers: Sherlock Holmes.”

Long Character Running Wish Term Generations Havens Reader Please Series Endure Impressed Holmes

Author:Michael Koryta

“Books have their destinies like men. And their fates, as made by generations of readers, are very different from the destinies foreseen for them by their authors. Gulliver's Travels, with a minimum of expurgation, has become a children's book; a new illustrated edition is produced every Christmas. That's what comes of saying profound things about humanity in terms of a fairy story.”

Source: Rotunda: a selection from the works of Aldous Huxley

“A Century of Wisdom is universal and will enrich readers for generations to come.”

Generations Century Reader Universal

Author:Itzhak Perlman

“I am of the generation of writers who can get instant feedback from readers within hours of publication. The fan forum is extraordinary - readers from all over the world coming together to discuss, argue and debate scenes and characters from a novel. They add a layer to the story that I cannot write and yes, I will participate in that conversation and answer questions. After all, they are the people I'm writing for and their enthusiasm and questions really pushes me to raise the bar.”

“I think that when a poem can move readers across generations and across its specific class or race then it becomes truly classic.”

Thinking Moving Race Class Generations Reader Classic

Author:Rita Dove

“With the passage of years, not all of Dicken's readers remained infatuated with his pathos. One generation's sublimity became another generation's kitsch.”

Years Generations Reader Passages Kitsch Pathos Sublimity Infatuated

Author:Peter Gay

“The young readers I have interacted with carry old concerns repackaged in the skin of a new generation: puzzlement over continuous national moral failings, contradictions with the elders, nostalgia for a nonexistent Kenyan past.”

Past Young Moral Failing Generations Reader Concern Skins Nostalgia Contradiction Elders New Generation

Author:Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

“I think about the collaboration between writers and readers, but I also think about the collaboration between all the writers in a generation or in a country or across time contributing to this massive project of documenting and reimagining our world.”

Thinking World Country Generations Reader Projects Massive Our World Collaboration Contributing Reimagining

Author:Emily Barton

“As a non-western artist, you have to ask yourself a question fairly early in your life: do I want to become a bridge maker, do I want my culture to be understood by the west? I have no intentions of doing such things. I'm fine being a little strange to a non-western audience. It doesn't bother me if my book doesn't change a generation of American readers.”

Ifs Want Littles Book Artist Culture Asks Audience Generations Strange Fine Reader Understood Intention West Western Bridges Bother Makers

Author:Sarnath Banerjee

“'Harry Potter' created a generation of readers in an era when kids could have disappeared into the depths of the Internet. That's no small feat. Every book series owes J.K. Rowling a debt of gratitude.”

Book Kids Generations Reader Internet Gratitude Series Depth Debt Eras Harry Potter Potters Feats Debt Of Gratitude

Author:Gary Ross