“It is quite too common a practice, both in readers and the more superficial class of critics, to judge a book by what it is not, a matter much easier to determine than what it is.” BookMatterCommonClassPracticeJudgingReaderEasierCriticsDetermineSuperficial Book:The North American Review Source: The North American Review
“If the fidelity [ in a book] isn't maintained, the reader will think your structure is extraneous, or superficial, or that you're trying to curry favor, or live up to the expectations of some sort of genre or structure.” IfsThinkingTryingBookReaderExpectationsStructureFavorsGenreSuperficialFidelityCurry Author:David Bezmozgis
“A story invites both writer and reader into a kind of superficial ease: we want to slide along, pleasingly entertained, lost in the fictional dream.” WantKindStoriesDreamLostReaderEaseInvitesSuperficialSlides Author:Steven Erikson
“We consume everything like potato chips. In this environment, I suspect the cartoonist's connection with readers is likely to be superficial and fleeting, unless he taps into some fervent special interest niche. And that audience, almost by definition, will be tiny.” InterestAudienceEnvironmentSpecialReaderConnectionsDefinitionsTinySuspectsSuperficialFleetingChipsPotatoesNicheSpecial InterestsCartoonistFerventPotato Chips Author:Bill Watterson
“The unlucky hand dealt to clear and precise writers is that people assume they are superficial and so do not go to any trouble inreading them: and the lucky hand dealt to unclear ones is that the reader does go to some trouble and then attributes the pleasure he experiences in his own zeal to them.” PeopleDoeHandsReadingPleasureClearTroubleReaderLuckyAssumingAttributesSuperficialPreciseZealUnluckyUnclear Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“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