Quotes About Expectation

A book cannot apologize for what people may think it should be. It has to be authoritative. That's what I want as a reader - I want to be confident that the book will do its job.

The reader is going to imprint on the characters he sees first. He is going to expect to see these people often, to have them figure largely into the story, possibly to care about them. Usually, this will be the protagonist.

Every story makes a promise to the reader. Actually, two promises, one emotional and one intellectual, since the function of stories is to make us both feel and think.

My own life has been doubly disconnected, as I've written books under two different names. As an author, your name almost becomes a brand; readers know what to expect.

I'm always astonished by the confidence my readers put in me.

'In the Cut' was not what readers expected of me. Before it was published, I was seen as a women's writer, which meant that I wrote movingly about flowers and children.

Nonfiction means that our stories are as true and accurate as possible. Readers expect - demand - diligence.

It's that kind of thing that readers have. I have it as a reader myself: that expectation that the writer will be that person. Then I meet other writers and realize that they're not.

This goes to show how much of an impact culture has. Even in countries where online access is readily available, there may not be the same expectation for women.

Seeing your name on the list for KP or guard duty when you're in the Army is like reading a bad review.

I used to draw cartoons. I'd just show them to some of my friends, expecting that they were going to appreciate them, that they were going to enjoy reading them.

You can't knock on opportunity's door and not be ready.

The inevitable has always found me ready and hopeful.

To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become desperate if there is no birth in our lifetime.

If you're not ready for everything, you're not ready for anything.

My fans should always be ready for new music.

And I would really like to be a grandmother, but only when Felix or Emily meet the right person and are ready.

So people are ready. I feel hopeful in that sense.

Everyone knows Summer League isn't the real deal.

When you're making a pilot, what you're mostly thinking is, 'Please let this be a real job, please.'

It's normal that there's pressure at Real Madrid.

I have played for Real Madrid, which is such a big club and where the pressure is so huge because you have to go and, really, win absolutely every game. There is no game where people don't expect you to win. So, having played there for three years, pressure is nothing that would scare me.

I demand Casemiro play the same role he plays at his club, Real Madrid.

Players when they're linked with Real Madrid, their eyes light up.