“To read is to translate, for no two persons' experiences are the same. A bad reader is like a bad translator: he interprets literally when he ought to paraphrase and paraphrases when he ought to interpret literally.” PersonsTwoOughtReaderTranslateTranslatorsParaphrase Author:W. H. Auden
“I don't believe that murders can be "solved." I think that this is the big lie of the mystery novel, that you should close the book and feel that the world is back in order and everything's all right. I want the reader to know that the world is not all right, and maybe we ought to do something about it.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWantFeelsShouldBelieveBookBigsLyingOrderNovelMysteryOughtReaderMurderDon't BelieveMystery Novels Author:George Pelecanos
“[T]he judicious reader ought to know what the chief character in any work of the imagination will naturally perform, according to the situation he is thrown into, as well as doth the author himself.” KnowsWellsCharacterImaginationSituationOughtReaderChiefsThrown Book:The Cry: A New Dramatic Fable Source: The Cry: A New Dramatic Fable