“The Novelist As Teacher”: “I would be quite satisfied if my novels (especially the ones I set in the past) did no more than teach my readers that their past – with all its imperfections – was not one long night of savagery from which the first Europeans acting on God’s behalf delivered them.” IfsFirstsLongWould BePastNightActingTeachNovelTeacherReaderSatisfiedNovelistsImperfectionBehalfSavageryLong Nights Book:Things Fall Apart: Authoritative Text, Contexts and Criticism Source: Things Fall Apart: Authoritative Text, Contexts and Criticism
“Sylvia Day delivers readers to a fantasy world as unique as it is erotic! Ms. Day is an up-and-coming talent in the world of erotic fiction. [on Pleasures of the Night ]” WorldNightPleasureFictionFantasyTalentReaderUniqueEroticFantasy Worlds Author:Toni Blake
“Generally my favorite remarks always come from my readers. I've had people say my books made them laugh, or cry, or that it frightened them late at night.” PeopleMadeBookNightLaughingCryReaderLateMy FavoriteFrightenedRemarks Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“I cook a little bit. I make a Hungarian dish called chicken paprikash that's out of this world. I'll give a heads-up to all of your readers that it doesn't have to be between Thai and Mexican every night. Toss some Hungarian in every once in a while. You will not be sorry. Good, solid peasant food.” WorldGivingLittlesNightBitsThis WorldReaderLittle BitSorryCooksChickensEvery NightDishesMexicanPeasantsTossHeads UpThaiHungarians Author:Adam Carolla
“The Hawley Book of the Dead had me completely spellbound from beginning to end. A storytelling virtuosa, Chrysler Szarlan has woven a wondrous, scintillating web of suspense, love, history, and magic that will keep you eagerly turning the pages late into the night. Even readers not normally drawn to the supernatural will be swept away by this book; it has everything a great adventure should have-and so much more.” ShouldBookEndsNightMagicAdventureReaderLatePagesShould HaveStorytellingSuspenseWovenWondrousSwept AwayGreat AdventureChryslerBook Of The Dead Author:Anne Fortier
“I love getting fan mail. Often, as a writer, you never know what your readers think of a book... you get critical reviews and sales figures, but none of that is the same as knowing you've made a person stay up all night reading, or helped them have a good cry, or really touched their life.” ThinkingKnowsPersonsMadeBookNightReadingKnowingFansCryFiguresReaderCriticalTouchedReviewsMailAll NightUp All NightFan Mail Author:Jodi Picoult
“I hope I'll keep people up at night, unable to stop turning pages. That's my goal: exhausted, emotionally drained readers who can't stop crying.” PeopleNightGoalCryReaderPagesExhaustedDrained Author:Jillian Medoff
“When I use a name or place, I want to leave the reader open to the waterfall of determinacy that it may provoke. And I don't know, but I must mention the name Borges. I try to mention it in every one of my works. It's a mark, a stamp, a sort of homage to Argentinidad. But it's an homage that works through pat phrases, those stock images that populate his work: the night, labyrinths, libraries. That is, I don't want simply to pay homage to Borges, but rather the contrary: to recall his commonplaces.” KnowsWantTryingMayUseNightNamesPayReaderMarkLibraryContraryPhrasesWorking ItRecallsProvokingStampsCommonplaceLabyrinthHomageWaterfallsBorges Author:Sergio Chejfec
“I'm a very wide reader. I read serious books and I read airplane, forgettable books. I never have fewer than four or five books beside my bed at night. I particularly enjoy reading about people who have gone through a personal growth.” PeopleBookNightReadingEnjoyGrowthGoneFiveFourSeriousReaderBedPersonal GrowthWideFewerAirplaneForgettable Author:Mary Robinson