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“I'm writing for my ideal reader, for somebody who's willing to take the time, who's willing to get lost in a new world, who's willing to do their part. But then I have to do my part and give them a sound and a voice that they believe in enough to keep going.”

World Giving Writing Believe Enough Lost Sound Voice Willing Reader Ideals Keep Going New World

Author:Elizabeth Strout

“We can roam the bloated stacks of the Library of Alexandria, where all imagination and knowledge are assembled; we can recognize in its destruction the warning that all we gather will be lost, but also that much of it can be collected again; we can learn from its splendid ambition that what was one man's experience can become, through the alchemy of words, the experience of all, and how that experience, distilled once again into words, can serve each singular reader for some secret, singular purpose.”

Men Purpose Lost Imagination Secret Reader Ambition Destruction Library One Man Warning Splendid Alchemy Alexandria

Book:The Library at Night

Source: The Library at Night

“It is a fallacy to think that carping is the strongest form of criticism: the important work begins after the artist's mistakes have been pointed out, and the reviewer can't put it off indefinitely with sneers, although some neophytes might be tempted to try: "When in doubt, stick out your tongue" is a safe rule that never cost one any readers. But there's nothing strong about it, and it has nothing to do with the real business of criticism, which is to do justice to the best work of one's time, so that nothing gets lost.”

“It is in the translation that the innocence lost after the first reading is restored under another guise, since the reader is once again faced with a new text and its attendant mystery. That is the inescapable paradox of translation, and also its wealth.”

Firsts Reading Lost Wealth Mystery Reader Innocence Paradox Translations Guise

Author:Alberto Manguel

“I think readers appreciate those of us who stay in the trenches and fight the good fight even when times get tough. I know that I, personally, lost respect for writers who, when there was a downturn in the market, started shouting from the rooftops that they wrote thrillers and suspense novels rather than horror. As far as I'm concerned, those wussboys should sever all ties with the horror community if that's the way they feel and get out of the way so real horror writers can do their work.”

“Readers soon tire of prefaces, and skip them, and so the labor of writing them is lost.”

Writing Book Lost Reader Labor Tire Skip

Book:Ladies' Magazine

Source: Ladies' Magazine

“Most fiction series are written so that the reader can come in at any point and not feel lost, but if you can start at the beginning, why not?”

Ifs Feels Lost Fiction Written Reader Series Why Not

Author:Julia Quinn

“A story invites both writer and reader into a kind of superficial ease: we want to slide along, pleasingly entertained, lost in the fictional dream.”

Want Kind Stories Dream Lost Reader Ease Invites Superficial Slides

Author:Steven Erikson

“I know that for every reader who has lost the habit or can't find the time, there are people who've never enjoyed reading and question the value of literature, either as entertainment or education, or believe that a love of books, and of fiction in particular, is sentimental or frivolous.”

People Knows Believe Book Values Reading Literature Lost Fiction Particular Reader Habit Entertainment Enjoyed Sentimental Frivolous Sentimental Value

Author:David Nicholls

“We've lost that very simple transaction that's so pure, where a reader can say, "I support what you're doing, here's my dollar. I know that you guys are gonna be watchdogs or keep the government accountable, so here's my 50-cent contribution each day." It's just so tidy, and I think so inspiring.”

Thinking Knows Government Guy Lost Simple Support Reader Pure Dollars Contribution Each Day Cents Transactions Tidy

Author:Dave Eggers

“'Paradise Lost' is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished it longer than it is.”

Book Lost Forget Reader Down And Lays Admire Paradise Paradise Lost Book 2

Book:Paradise lost

Source: Paradise lost

“The last thing I want is that sense of artifice - rather I want the reader drawn into the story and lost in it and vested in it. So the emotional connection is everything, albeit a connection on my terms.”

Want Stories Lasts Lost Term Emotional Reader Connections Artifice Emotional Connection

Author:Steve Erickson

“Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind.”

Ifs Mind Looks Heart Lost Grows Reader Sight Philosophical Absence Leap Advise Sagacity Absence Makes The Heart Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder Of Sight Out Of Mind

Author:Leo Rosten