Reader Quotes - page 32

A man with charm is an entertaining thing, and a man with looks is, ofcourse, a sight to behold, but a man with honor - ah, he is the one, dear reader, to which young ladies should flock. (Julia Quinn)
Most fiction series are written so that the reader can come in at any point and not feel lost, but if you can start at the beginning, why not? View quote
Julia Quinn
First person allows deeper insight into the protagonist's character. It allows the reader to identify more fully with the protagonist and to share her world quite intimately. So it suits a story focused on one character's personal journey. However, first person shuts out insights into other characters. View quote
Juliet Marillier
I am an avid reader. View quote
June Squibb
I remember that feeling when I was a young reader: finding books that were set in Sydney with Australian characters was incredibly exciting. View quote
Justine Larbalestier
Almost all novels are improved by cutting from the top. On their first pages, authors parade those favourite effects which disgust the impartial reader. View quote
James Buchan
Youve got to leave the reader with more than just a name and a costume - they need to know who the character is, what theyre like, what kind of attitude they have, what sort of role they play. View quote
Kurt Busiek
Reader loyalty will stay because I'm not changing. View quote
Karen Kingsbury
A novel can do something that films and TV usually can't - a glimpse inside the characters' heads. I write very tight third person point of view, so the reader is right behind the eyes of each character, seeing what they see and feeling what they feel. View quote
Karen Traviss
As a reader, coming to my reading as a writer immersed in fairytales, I cant help but notice in so many stories, plays, poems that I read, the sort of breadcrumbs of fairytale techniques, so Im very excited when I notice that. View quote
Kate Bernheimer
When you are on assignment, you stick to the facts, limit your vision, and often cut out the most revealing material. There is no texture, no shades of gray. In fiction, you can bring the reader on the perilous journey with your characters as they discover that war is more like a wilderness of mirrors, full of danger and uncertainty. (Leslie Cockburn)
After 'A Perfect Storm' came out, I heard from a young reader, who had suffered a similar background as 'Arizona,' that I had helped her to find peace. That was the most amazing thing in the world to me. View quote
Lori Foster
Rather than a teaching tool, I think a novel is more of a witnessing entity. A witnessing entity? What is that? I just want the reader to step in and experience it as a story. View quote
Lorrie Moore
One of the best places for a shy person to meet people is in a coffee shop. If you are a reader, bring a book and read it there - that gives a guy something to ask you about. Same goes for sketching, writing, or any hobby you can take with you. View quote
Laurie Helgoe
My normal life is, I love to travel and I travel as often as I can. I don't stay in one place too long. But I'm an avid reader; I guess you could say I'm a bit of a bookworm. View quote
Alexa Davalos
I'm incurably nosey - so naturally I'm a great reader. View quote
Gillian Cross
Humour is a fine line to walk in poetry, as in fiction. I just think it's harder to write. It's harder to keep the respect of the reader too. View quote
George Murray
If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world, then it has had its desired effect. View quote
John Barton
I grew up reading not-serious literature, like comic books and pulp novels, so my instinct is to amuse the reader and entertain. View quote
Kevin Wilson
I was always an avid reader of books. My vocabulary, my English are all thanks to that reading habit. Reading keeps me grounded. I came from a very middle class family - poor, in fact. View quote
Madhur Bhandarkar
It is grievous to read the papers in most respects, I agree. More and more I skim the headlines only, for one can be sure what is carried beneath them quite automatically, if one has long been a reader of the press journalism. (Mary Ritter Beard)
Horror and supernatural novels give you a lot of what you look for in a crime novel, just with a twist that was very fresh for me as a reader. View quote
Michael Koryta
Our object in these remarks has been not only to account for the slow progress which has as yet been made by Political Economy, and to suggest means by which its advancement may be accelerated, but also to warn the reader of the nature of the following Treatise. View quote
Nassau William Senior
A writer's job is to give the reader a larger vision of the world. View quote
Natalie Goldberg
The reader has to be creative when he's reading. He has to try to make the thing alive. A good reader has to do a certain amount of work when he is reading. View quote
Nathalie Sarraute