#reader

In a sense, there's a great truth to that, but, also I was a great reader. ↗

— A. E. van Vogt

#great #great truth #i #reader #sense

I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil. ↗

— Voltaire

#bored #done #evil #i #know

I love telling stories. I love the intimacy between the writer and reader. When you write sketches it's over in two minutes. When you write a book the characters have to have a bit of emotional depth. ↗

— David Walliams

#bit #book #characters #depth #emotional

Lord Chamberlain's readers or controllers, which were a handful of people working directly to him, were a very assorted group of people and some of them tried very hard to be as liberal as they could. ↗

— Timothy West

#could #directly #group #handful #hard

Once he became a series character, I made the conscious choice that he would never act like a series character, never wink at the reader, never pull his punches. Better for him, better for me. ↗

— Donald E. Westlake

#became #better #character #choice #conscious

That's why editors and publishers will never be obsolete: a reader wants someone with taste and authority to point them in the direction of the good stuff, and to keep the awful stuff away from their door. ↗

— Walter Jon Williams

#away #awful #direction #door #editors

For every SF reader of that period, Robert A. Heinlein was also a touchstone. ↗

— Walter Jon Williams

#every #period #reader #robert #sf

Alternative cartoonists have to rely on comic book stores to get their stuff in the hands of readers. ↗

— Jim Woodring

#book #cartoonists #comic #comic book #get

I really try to focus on my books and readers. ↗

— Emily Giffin

#focus #i #readers #really #try

I'm not sure Kinsey has changed in these first twelve books. I think the reader learns more about her, but from Kinsey's perspective, only three years have passed while the rest of us have been getting older at a much faster clip. ↗

— Sue Grafton

#been #books #changed #clip #faster