#reader

A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes for money. I write for myself and publish just for the reader. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

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Think before you speak. Read before you think. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

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I don't think the author should make the reader do that much work to remember who somebody is. ↗

— Kevin J. Anderson

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Children's books are often seen as the poor relation of literature. But children are just as demanding as adult readers, if not more so. I should know. I'm a children's writer myself. ↗

— David Walliams

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All literature consists of whatever the writer thinks is cool. The reader will like the book to the degree that he agrees with the writer about what's cool. ↗

— Steven Brust

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I've always been interested in gadgets and technology and I've always been a reader. ↗

— LeVar Burton

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Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators. ↗

— Albert Camus

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...and in the world beyond the tale we turn the page or close the book and resume our lives. A life that is, like any other, unlike any other. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

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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

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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

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