#readers

I can’t write without a reader. It’s precisely like a kiss—you can’t do it alone. ↗

— John Cheever

#alone

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#readers #reading #reading-books #dance

Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#e-readers #kindle #reading #read

It's different in Scotland. People who come to readings are more interested in literature as such, but the readership in general is really quite diverse. It's a cliche, but it's said that people who read my books don't read any other books, and you do get that element. ↗

— Irvine Welsh

#books #cliche #come #different #diverse

As a columnist, I realize that whatever amount of corruption I expose, half my readers will block it out, although they may get a frisson of joy in the process. ↗

— Margaret Carlson

#amount #block #columnist #corruption #expose

The most profound, life-altering gift you can offer the Indie writer you love is to TELL as MANY avid readers as you are able. ↗

— R.S. Guthrie

#indie-books #readers #life

Readers are not sheep, and not every pen tempts them. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#literature

What I saw next stopped me dead in my tracks. Books. Not just one or two dozen, but hundreds of them. In crates. In piles on the floor. In bookcases that stretched from floor to ceiling and lined the entire room. I turned around and around in a slow circle, feeling as if I'd just stumbled into Ali Baba's cave. I was breathless, close to tears, and positively dizzy with greed. ↗

— Jennifer Donnelly

#library #readers #greed