Reader Quotes - Page 36

• One of the strategies for doing first-person is to make the narrator very knowing, so that the reader is with somebody who has a take on everything they observe.

  Rachel Kushner

  Knowing, Narrators, Firsts

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• I've had to work hard all my life, and I will never, ever ask a fan or reader to pay for something I've rushed. It's not fair to them, and I will never give them anything except my absolute best.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Hard Work, Giving, Fans

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• By definition, memoir demands a certain degree of introspection and self-disclosure: In order to fully engage a reader, the narrator has to make herself known, has to allow her own self-awareness to inform the events she describes.

  Caroline Knapp

  Self, Order, Narrators

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• All prizes have a role, if they are run with integrity and with a clear focus on reading and quality writing. I don't think any of them is necessary, but they all play an incredibly important role in building a body of literature, in introducing new authors to new readers, and extending reading.

  Kate Mosse

  Running, Integrity, Reading

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• I'm proud of what I write and feel endorsed by my readers.

  Marian Keyes

  Writing, Proud, Feels

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• Writing is something that I've always loved. That stems from my love of being a reader.

  Jen Lancaster

  Writing, Stem

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• My relationship with my readers is somewhat theatrical. One of the main things I try to do in my work is delight my readers.

  Mark Leyner

  Trying, Delight, Theatrical

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• What really grabs me is when a reader writes to express her personal story and how a book helped her situation, or her acceptance of a situation she can't change. I read some sad cases in my snail and electronic mail. I respond to all I can, affirming that they are the true heroes of life because they are fighting through adversity and surviving.

  Lurlene McDaniel

  Book, Hero, Adversity

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• I feel like reading really defined me as a writer because I lived my life outside of my own body for so much of my life and I loved it. I've always been a reader. I think living all those stories served me to naturally take that next step to creating.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Reading, Thinking, Creating

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• I majored in journalism at Arizona State University, where I began writing the columns I write now, but I cannot, in good conscience, refer to myself as a writer. I'm a columnist, maybe a journalist, I guess I'm an author, but writer... no. That's not up to me to call myself, that's rather lofty. It's for the reader to decide.

  Laurie Notaro

  Writing, Arizona, Journalism

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• The only pressure I feel is to write good books. And to not replicate the previous book. Whether you have a thousand readers or a million readers it doesn't change the pressure. I never feel tempted to give the reader what I think the reader wants.

  Jo Nesbo

  Book, Writing, Thinking

  "Jo Nesbø: 'I am a vulture'". Interview with Andrew Anthony, www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2012.

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• But it seemed to me that as soon as you have computer storage you could put every point you wanted in - make the ones that are less relevant to your central topic, further away or allow the central topic to move as the reader proceeded.

  Ted Nelson

  Moving, Topics, Computer

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• I'm not the best actor I can be, so I'm just working on it. I'm not the quickest reader in the world but when I get an acting book I can read it in two days.

  Evan Peters

  Book, Two, Acting

  "Tribeca Exclusive Interview: Evan Peters Talks ‘American Horror Story’ And ‘Adult World’". Interview with Niki Cruz, www.inquisitr.com. April 21, 2013.

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• Poetry and prose are of equal importance to me as a reader, and there doesn't seem to be much difference in my own writing.

  Kevin Powers

  Writing, Differences, Importance

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• Write a nonfiction book, and be prepared for the legion of readers who are going to doubt your fact. But write a novel, and get ready for the world to assume every word is true.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Book, Writing, Doubt

  Barbara Kingsolver (2011). “High Tide in Tucson”, p.160, Faber & Faber

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• Writers think in metaphors. Editors work in metaphors. A great reader reads in metaphors.

  Steven Pressfield

  Writing, Thinking, Editors

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• I think there's no excuse for the American poetry reader not knowing a good deal about what is going on in the rest of the world.

  James Laughlin

  Thinking, Knowing, World

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• I think there is a great difference, in that when the poet is reading you get the whole personality of the person, especially if he's a good reader. Whereas a person just sitting gets what he puts into it.

  James Laughlin

  Reading, Thinking, Differences

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• Before 'Wings' came out, I told a few people that at the end of book one, readers should think Laurel made the right choice. Then, at the end of 'Spells,' they should understand why Laurel made the choice she did.

  Aprilynne Pike

  Book, Thinking, Wings

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• I was just as voracious a writer as I was a reader.

  Iris Johansen

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• I do have to earn a living, so I'm conscious of probable reactions from readers, but the most important one is still the awareness that if I'm not enjoying a story, the reader won't either.

  Thomas Perry

  Important, Stories, Awareness

  Interview with Ann Bruns, www.bookreporter.com. January 17, 2003.

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• I'm interested in Scotland now and then, how it's changed. I want to get the reader to think about that by thinking about something from the past. How has society changed, how has policing changed, have we changed philosophically, psychologically, culturally, spiritually?

  Ian Rankin

  Thinking, Past, Scotland

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• I've mis-signed many a book Rollins or Clemens. My readers quickly become aware. Booksellers will often promote me under both names, and I do plug both at signings. Generally, the fantasy reader has no problem going into the suspense genre. It's harder for the typical suspense reader to go the other direction.

  James Rollins

  Book, Names, Suspense

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• 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.

  Josh Radnor

  Reading, Thinking, Would Be

  "Josh Radnor Talks Liberal Arts, Books as Entertainment Vs. Enrichment, How I Met Your Mother, Ending the Series and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 12, 2012.

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• One of my goals is to allow readers to see my characters and the world they inhabit as vividly as possible.

  Ron Rash

  Character, Goal, World

  "This Week in Fiction: Ron Rash" by Deborah Treisman, www.newyorker.com. May 9, 2011.

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