#reader

The most annoying and full-of-crap thing a writer says is, 'I write only for myself, I don't care if anyone reads it.' A writer without a reader doesn't exist. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#anyone #care #exist #i #i write

I have written 20 books, and each one is like having a baby. Writing is not easy; some people want to write books but just can't put a story together. I can put together a story that interests both me and my readers. ↗

— Jackie Collins

#books #both #each #easy #having

That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from him the least time. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#gives #him #his #knowledge #least

What is overriding that and most important is that readers generally are interested in a good character. They might be more comfortable with Harry because they think they know him, but they always seem willing to give somebody new a chance. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#because #chance #character #comfortable #generally

In the first person, the readers feel smart, like it's them solving the case. ↗

— Patricia Cornwell

#feel #first #like #person #readers

The way a book is read, which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book can have as much to do with its worth as anything the author puts into it. ↗

— Norman Cousins

#author #book #brings #into #much

If you know what you're talking about, or if you feel that you do, the reader will believe you. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#believe #feel #know #reader #talking

The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place. ↗

— Macaulay Culkin

#big fan #books #fan #first #funny

I think I'm a very good reader of poetry, but obviously, like everybody, I have a set of criteria for reading poems, and I'm not shy about presenting them, so if people ask for my critical response to a poem, I tell them what works and why, and what doesn't work and why. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

#ask #criteria #critical #everybody #good

The Bible - it's sort of the other person in the room. There's this book, the reader, and the Bible. ↗

— Anita Diament

#book #other #person #reader #room