#readers

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciousness varying with readers. ↗

— Ernest Dimnet

#consciousness #landscape #like #readers #state

High school teachers who want to get reluctant readers turned around need to give the students some say in the reading list. Make it collaborative: The students will feel ownership, and everyone will dig in. ↗

— Dave Eggers

#collaborative #dig #everyone #feel #get

The number one reason I write is to come to schools and see my readers. I would do it for free. ↗

— Frank Murphy

#free #i #i write #number #readers

I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that's really worth the time and effort you'll put in. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#book #effort #find #i #lot

I try to be careful about wording. One of the things I've tried to combat in my blog is the notion that journalists are arrogant and unconcerned with the readership. ↗

— Nicholas D. Kristof

#arrogant #be careful #blog #careful #combat

One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry. ↗

— Nathalie Sarraute

#like #people #poet #poetry #readers

I wish my readers took less of my time - about a third of my working time goes to them - but I love and need them all. ↗

— Piers Anthony

#goes #i #i love #i wish #less

The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers. ↗

— Jacques Barzun

#danger #fiction #may #more #readers

It's been a great place to get in touch with what people are really thinking. And to make contact with readers and other writers. Egalitarian, wide open, like the Wild West! ↗

— Greg Bear

#contact #egalitarian #get #great #like

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

#books #children #demanding #i #just