“Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well; the chiefest part of which is to observe those excellencies which delight a reasonable reader.” FirstsWellsJudgingReaderStandardsCriticismDelightReasonable Book:The Works of John Dryden, Volume XII: Plays Ambboyna, The State of Innocence, Aureng-Zebe Source: The Works of John Dryden, Volume XII: Plays Ambboyna, The State of Innocence, Aureng-Zebe
“The demand of the day is for a higher standard and style of Christian life. Every follower of Christ must represent His religion purely, loftily, impressively, before that multitude of "Bible-readers" whose only Bible is the Christian.” ChristianChristStyleReaderHigherDemandStandardsChristian LifeFollowersMultitudesHigher Standards Author:Theodore L. Cuyler
“In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be unfaithful to him as often as they like, but he must never, never be unfaithful to them.” WritingBelieveMayReaderStandardsRelationDouble StandardUnfaithful Author:W. H. Auden
“Place yourself in the background; write in a way that comes naturally; work from a suitable design; write with nouns and verbs; do not overwrite; do not overstate; avoid the use of qualifiers; do not affect a breezy style; use orthodox spelling; do not explain too much; avoid fancy words; do not take shortcuts as the cost of clarity; prefer the standard to the offbeat; make sure the reader knows who is speaking; do not use dialect; revise and rewrite.” KnowsWayWritingUseToo MuchStyleDesignReaderCostStandardsBackgroundsClarityFancyOrthodoxSuitableVerbsShortcutsSpellingNounsDialectBreezyOffbeat Author:E. B. White
“When my head is in the typewriter the last thing on my mind is some imaginary reader. I don't have an audience; I have a set of standards.” MindLastsAudienceReaderStandardsImaginaryTypewritersThings On My Mind Author:Don DeLillo
“There's a double standard between writers and readers. Readers can be unfaithful to writers anytime they like, but writers must never ever be unfaithful to the readers.” ReaderStandardsDouble StandardUnfaithful Author:Peter Schjeldahl
“I'm happy to have interns at The Weekly Standard and happy to have readers of The Weekly Standard, but if you all tell me that you were busy reading Plato and [Lev] Tolstoy and playing violin in the orchestra, I'd say that was great. I wouldn't tell you to take time out from that to get involved in political journalism.” IfsPoliticalReadingReaderInvolvedStandardsBusyJournalismTake TimePlatoOrchestraGet InvolvedViolinLev Tolstoy Author:William Kristol
“I have a total responsibility to the reader. The reader has to trust me and never feel betrayed. There's a double standard between writers and readers. Readers can be unfaithful to writers anytime they like, but writers must never ever be unfaithful to the readers. And it's appropriate, because the writer is getting paid and the reader isn't.” FeelsResponsibilityReaderStandardsPaidAppropriateBetrayedTrust MeDouble StandardUnfaithful Author:Jonathan Santlofer