“I'm not a masochistic reader. If something is just too dense or not enjoyable, even though I'm told it should be good for me, I'll put it down. That said, most of what I read would be considered high-end or good for you, I suppose. But, I also think that reading should be enjoyable.” IfsThinkingShouldSaidEndsWould BeReadingReaderBe GoodEnjoyableDenseMasochistic Author:Josh Radnor
“If you aren't on Goodreads, you should be. I've said it before, it's like Facebook for readers on crack.” IfsShouldSaidReaderCracksGoodreadsLike Facebook Author:Colleen Hoover
“Goethe said, "The author whom a lexicon can keep up with is worth nothing"; Somerset Maugham says that the finest compliment he ever received was a letter in which one of his readers said: "I read your novel without having to look up a single word in the dictionary." These writers, plainly, lived in different worlds.” WorldLooksSaidDifferentNovelReaderLettersLook UpComplimentFinestDictionaryDifferent WorldsSingle WordLexicon Author:Randall Jarrell
“Shirley Jackson said that a confused reader is an antagonistic reader, and I live by that. It's okay to start anywhere, and to let yourself write a big sloppy overly-detailed first draft. You just jump in, knowing that the water will be cold at first, but no one is making you swim.” WritingFirstsSaidBigsWaterKnowingColdReaderOkayConfusedLive BySwimSloppy Author:Anne Lamott
“The prevailing attitude of the speakers was one of heavy disagreement with a number of things which the reader had not said.” SaidNumbersAttitudeReaderHeavySpeakersDisagreementPrevailing Author:Ronald Knox
“Truth, like beauty, varies its fashions, and is best recommended by different dresses to different minds; and he that recalls the attention of mankind to any part of learning which time has left behind it, may be truly said to advance the literatures of his own age. As the manners of nations vary, new topicks of persuasion become necessary, and new combinations of imagery are produced; and he that can accommodate himself to the reigning taste, may always have readers who perhaps would not have looked upon better performances.” WritingMindMaySaidDifferentAgeLiteratureLeftNationsBehindsAttentionMankindFashionReaderTastePerformancesDressesMannersCombinationRecallsPersuasionLeft BehindImageryVaryAccommodateDifferent Minds Book:The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752 Source: The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752