Quotes About Author

I don't write to give joy to readers but to give them a conscience.

As much as I encourage communication with my readers, I don't want reviews from them, simply because I don't need to be hamstrung in the middle of working on something.

It was quite risky to open the book with one of my quieter stories; I'm kind of trying, I think, to lure readers into a false sense of security and then assault them with a couple really loud, really strange stories.

There's something about the idea of writing, and thinking about writing as a form of prayer - the way as a writer you call out into the world and throw your words into the world. You're not praying to a god, but you're almost conjuring a reader to arrive. That's what books do: they're an invitation to readers.

Point-of-view is a matter that readers rarely pay attention to, yet it's one of the most important story decisions an author makes.

Gone are the days when a publisher could take out an ad, count on a few reviews, and have an author do a couple of signings. Nowadays, readers want to feel a connection with an author.

If we as writers could predict what readers grab on to, we would write it.

You have to have passion for a subject to write about it. You can't expect your readers to feel any excitement if it's nothing but a boring writing exercise for you.

As a lifelong romance reader, it's always satisfying to get to talk to other romance readers!

I'm very passionate about music and was excited to see that the majority of readers loved the inclusion of lyrics.

I'm very critical of crime novels that use gratuitous violence to shock readers when it isn't necessary. If that's all you have to offer as a writer, perhaps you're in the wrong job.

To be a writer, you must be a reader, yet as many as 30 per cent of my writing students were not readers.

I loved stories as a kid, both being read to me and enjoying on my own. All these stories inspired my imagination, and that's what I have always aimed at doing for my readers: ignite their imaginations.

I like meeting and connecting with readers.

Together, Amazon and I are giving readers what they want - inexpensive, professional ebooks.

We all need to focus on our writing. Because the millions of readers out there don't care about your blog.

Sometimes people ask if my books have morals or lessons for readers, and I shudder at that thought. I always say that I have more questions than answers.

I think readers' imaginations are far more powerful than anything you can put on a page and, therefore, can conjure up graphic images for themselves, which I think you just have to nudge them towards.

There's not much about me that readers don't know because I am equal parts open and boring. If there is one thing readers do know about me, it's that I am very un-domestic.

I loved 'Lobo' in the '90s, but I think that character is hard to connect with, especially for new readers.

I feel that form determines how readers read a book and how they judge it.

If readers tell you that stretches of dialogue or narrative were too long, that they couldn't tell who was talking, that's something that can be fixed.

Readers want a good book; it's a writer's job to give it to them.

Readers are very, very savvy, and I don't want to insult them by making them think I'm too lazy to get it right.