“We are so blessed, we get hundreds of emails a day that say, “John, I’ve worked this plan for one year and I can really see my growth.” So what I would love is for readers to do that for a year and then email me.” YearsI CanMatterTodayGrowthLove IsPlansReaderBlessedEmail Author:John C. Maxwell
“I love meeting my readers - so the more I can talk to at one event the better!” I CanEventsReaderMeetings Author:Jodi Picoult
“When I write, I never think of segments as chapters; I think of them as scenes. I always visualize them in my mind. Then I try to get the scene down on paper as closely as I can. That's the one thing that readers don't see - what you have in your mind. The reader can only see what you get on the page.” ThinkingWritingTryingMindI CanOne ThingReaderScenePaperPagesChapters Author:Robert Cormier
“People always ask me about the role models that I'm providing for kids, and I say I can't be concerned with that. I'm not worrying about corrupting youth. I'm worrying about writing realistically and truthfully to affect the reader.” PeopleWritingI CanKidsAsksRolesWorryYouthReaderModelsConcernedAsk MeRole ModelsProvidingNot Worrying Author:Robert Cormier
“I think that Indian writing in English is a really peculiar beast. I can't think of any literature - perhaps Russian literature in the nineteenth century comes close - so exclusively produced by and closely identified with a tiny but powerful ruling elite, the upper-caste, Anglophone upper middle class, and dependent for so long on book buyers and readers elsewhere.” ThinkingWritingLongI CanBookLiteraturePowerfulClassMiddleCenturyReaderTinyIndianBeastDependentMiddle ClassPeculiarElitesElsewhereRulingNineteenth CenturyBuyersCastesRussian LiteratureUpper Middle Class Author:Pankaj Mishra
“But an experienced reader is also a self-aware and critical reader. I can't remember ever reading a story without judging it.” I CanSelfStoriesRememberReadingJudgingReaderCritical Author:Hilary Mantel
“If you give me a typewriter and I'm having a good day, I can write a scene that will astonish its readers. That will perhaps make them laugh, perhaps make them cry - that will have some emotional clout to it. It doesn't cost much to do that.” IfsGivingWritingI CanLaughingCryEmotionalReaderSceneCostGive MeGood DayTypewritersHave A Good DayClout Author:Alan Moore
“I can't promise that every child with learning differences will become a novelist, but I do think all children can become lifelong readers.” ThinkingChildrenI CanDifferencesReaderPromiseNovelistsLifelong Author:Rick Riordan
“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