“A good writer refuses to be socialized. He insists on his own version of things, his own consciousness. And by doing so he draws the reader's eye from its usual groove into a new way of seeing things.” WayEyeConsciousnessSeeingReaderDrawsRefuseVersionsUsualNew WaysGood WritersGroove Author:Bill Barich
“The first class of readers may be compared to an hour-glass, their reading being as the sand; it runs in and runs out, and leaves not a vestige behind. A second class resembles a sponge, which imbibes everything, and returns it in nearly the same state, only a little dirtier. A third class is like a jelly-bag, which allows all that is pure to pass away, and retains only the refuse and dregs. The fourth class may be compared to the slave of Golconda, who, casting aside all that is worthless, preserves only the pure gems.” FirstsMayLittlesStatesRunningReadingHoursBehindsClassReturnReaderPureThirdsSlaveGlassesRefusePreservesSandBagsFourthWorthlessCastingPassing AwayGemsFirst ClassSpongesJellyDregsHour Glasses Author:Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“... when we are misunderstood it is always our own fault. What the reader wants most of all is to be able to grasp what we think; but you loftily refuse to comply.” ThinkingWantAbleReaderFaultsRefuseMisunderstood Book:Flaubert-Sand: The Correspondence of Gustave Flaubert & George Sand Source: Flaubert-Sand: The Correspondence of Gustave Flaubert & George Sand
“Why all this insistence on the senses? Because in order to convince your reader that he is THERE, you must assault each of his senses, in turn, with color, sound, taste, and texture. If your reader feels the sun on his flesh, the wind fluttering his shirt sleeves, half your fight is won. The most improbable tales can be made believable, if your reader, through his senses, feels certain that he stands at the middle of events. He cannot refuse, then, to participate. The logic of events always gives way to the logic of the senses.” IfsWayGivingFeelsMadeCertainOrderTurnsFightingSoundHalfSunMiddleEventsColorWindReaderTasteLogicRefuseFleshSensesTalesShirtsConvinceAssaultTextureSleevesImprobableBelievableInsistenceFluttering Author:Ray Bradbury
“First, there are some of my readers who only read Hap and Leonard, not the other stuff, and some who don't read Hap and Leonard, but a large percentage are crossover readers. And yes, I did refuse to go to Vietnam and it looked like prison was in my future, but they sent me to the psychiatrist and he gave me a 1-Y, which is unfit for military service essentially.” FirstsStuffMilitaryReaderPrisonRefuseVietnamPercentagesPsychiatristMy FutureMilitary ServiceCrossover Author:Joe R. Lansdale