“At the very core of what a comic is, time and space are kind of the same thing. When your reader moves her eyes across the page, she should be moving through time in your story.” ShouldKindStoriesEyeMovingSpaceReaderPagesCoreComicHer EyesTime And SpaceRough Times Author:Gene Luen Yang
“Every aspect of the novel is - or should be - an arrow pointed towards its ultimate meaning, or a multiplicity of possible meanings. But I also value the readers' autonomy, their right to both read and misread.” ShouldValuesNovelReaderAspectUltimateAutonomyArrowsMultiplicity Author:C.E. Morgan
“A writer's ambition should be to trade a hundred contemporary readers for ten readers in ten years' time and for one reader in a hundred years' time.” ShouldYearsReaderTenAmbitionHundredTradeContemporary Author:Arthur Koestler
“I try to make the readers feel they've lived the events of the book. Just as you grieve if a friend is killed, you should grieve if a fictional character is killed. You should care. If somebody dies and you just go get more popcorn, it's a superficial experience isn't it?” IfsFeelsShouldTryingBookCharacterCareDiesEventsReaderGrievingSuperficialPopcornFictional Character Author:George R. R. Martin
“There should really not be anything gratuitous in a work of art. Sometimes what seems as if it's gratuitous may be a passage in which a character is being characterized so that the reader comes to know him or her better.” IfsKnowsShouldMayArtSometimesCharacterSeemsReaderWorks Of ArtPassages Author:Joyce Carol Oates
“I believe we should spend less time worrying about the quantity of books children read and more time introducing them to quality books that will turn them on to the joy of reading and turn them into lifelong readers.” ShouldBelieveChildrenBookKidsJoyTurnsReadingI BelieveQualityWorryReaderMore TimeQuantityIntroducingLifelongJoy Of Reading Author:James Patterson
“Your writing voice is the deepest possible reflection of who you are. The job of your voice is not to seduce or flatter or make well-shaped sentences. In your voice, your readers should be able to hear the contents of your mind, your heart, your soul.” ShouldWritingMindWellsHeartSoulAbleJobsVoiceReaderReflectionWho You AreSentencesYour SoulSeducingWriting Voice Author:Meg Rosoff
“A critic is a reader who ruminates. Thus, he should have more than one stomach.” ShouldReaderCriticismShould HaveCriticsStomach Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel