“The act of reading is so intimate that readers are unpredictable.” ReadingReaderIntimateUnpredictable Author:Charlie Huston
“God is a spirit. Jesus was led up of the Spirit to be tempted of the Devil; and it is also true that spirits are very likely to lead men to the Devil. Too intimate acquaintance with whisky toddy overnight is often followed by the delirium tremens and blue-devils on the morrow. We advise our readers to eschew alike spirituous and spiritual mixtures. They interfere sadly with sober thinking, and play the Devil with your brains.” ThinkingMenPlaySpiritualSpiritJesusBrainAtheismReaderDevilBluePositive AtheismIntimateInterfereSoberTemptedMixturesAcquaintanceAdviseMorrowDeliriumWhiskyDelirium Tremens Author:Charles Bradlaugh
“Story is about pulling the reader in and a plot is a more externalized mechanism of revelation. A plot is more antic, more performative, and less intimate. When you're telling a story you're telling it into someone's ear.” StoriesReaderEarsIntimateRevelationsPlotMechanismPullingAntics Author:Anne Enright
“I do think there's a relationship between a book and a reader that's more intimate, in many ways, than the relationship between an audience member and a play - just by the nature of it being an object that you can have in bed with you and that you can keep and page through.” ThinkingWayBookPlayAudienceObjectsReaderBedMembersPagesIntimate Author:Sarah Ruhl
“To be honest, I want readers to be wrung out. As a novelist, I don't have a political agenda or specific philosophy; I'm trying to create a gut-wrenching, intimate, memorable experience.” WantTryingPhilosophyPoliticalHonestReaderBeing HonestNovelistsIntimateMemorableGutsAgendasPolitical AgendasMemorable Experiences Author:Jillian Medoff
“The relationship between book and reader is intimate, at best a kind of love affair, and first loves are famously tenacious. [...] First love is a momentous step in our emotional education, and in many ways, it shapes us forever.” WayFirstsKindBookLove IsStepsForeverEmotionalReaderShapesAffairIntimateFirst LoveLove AffairKinds Of LoveTenacious Author:Laura Miller
“I love being honest and intimate with people. I love building community. I love emailing with readers.” PeopleCommunityLove IsHonestBuildingReaderBeing HonestIntimateBuilding Community Author:James Altucher
“The act of sharing with readers was at first too much of an intimate thing. But it evolved into an intense necessity to share.” FirstsToo MuchShareReaderIntenseIntimate Author:Vera Nazarian
“When I read to children, I try to become the characters. It's great if you can make a separate voice for each character. Sometimes you can lower your voice with excitement or get more intimate about it: you can lean forward and engage the children as a narrator or as a reader. It's particularly important that you find the voice that you want to use for each character, because then children can imagine that person as you're reading aloud. And of course, the illustrations help enormously.” IfsWantTryingChildrenPersonsImportantSometimesCharacterHelpingUseCoursesReadingVoiceImagineReaderExcitementIntimateImagine ThatIllustrationNarratorsReading Aloud Author:Julie Andrews