“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
“I feel like I owe it to the readers to try to pull back the veil and give them the honest version of what's going on. But it's not more fun. If Obama, as he does sometimes already, gets a little snippy with me about something I've written, you're thinking, 'Oh God, the president of the United States is already annoyed with me.'” IfsThinkingGivingFeelsTryingLittlesDoeSometimesStatesFunPresidentUnitedUnited StatesWrittenHonestReaderVersionsVeilsAnnoyed Author:Maureen Dowd
“When I decided to make my version of Poe's stories, I wanted to respect the original material or to at least get closer to what his stories are really about. Most other adaptations I've seen sort of follow the story but they never satisfy me as an audience member or as a reader.” StoriesWantedAudienceMaterialsReaderMembersDecidedOriginalsVersionsAdaptation Author:Raul Garcia
“A man who tells secrets or stories must think of who is hearing or reading, for a story has as many versions as it has readers.” ThinkingMenStoriesReadingSecretReaderHearingVersionsDiscontentMesh Book:The Winter of our Discontent Source: The Winter of our Discontent
“I was interested first of all in trying to capture this myth that was always changing and to create some sort of a master story, some version of the myth that resonated with me, since I could have taken more or less any detail that I wanted or the opposite and try to put that down on the page in a way that I could express from that outset for myself and for our readers what it was that was so magical about [Buckminster] Fuller's way of putting together the world.” WorldWayTryingFirstsStoriesWantedTogetherTakenMastersReaderPagesOppositesDetailsMythVersionsCaptureBuckminster Fuller Author:Jonathon Keats
“A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.” IfsWorldWritingBookReadingReturnReaderDrinkOffersVersionsBeerReading BooksBook ReadingBooks And ReadingBook ReadersThis Is A BookInspiring Book Book:In good faith Source: In good faith