Quotes About Engagement

Readers are what it's all about, aren't they? If not, why am I writing?

A book is always a dialogue with other readers and other books.

I wanted to give readers the feeling of knowing the characters, a mental image.

It is more difficult to keep the attention of hearers than of readers.

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

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

As writers we must, from our very opening sentence, speak with authority to our readers.

I don't want my readers slowed down by long passages of narrative.

I really try to focus on my books and readers.

There will always be non-readers, bad readers, lazy readers - there always were.

I'm just trying to get kids motivated to be readers by connecting them with a book they like.

Part of me becomes the characters I'm writing about. I think readers feel like they are there, the way I am, as a result.

There is a contract between the reader and the writer. The readers give me their hard-earned cash, and I have to entertain them.

Children's authors don't talk down or patronise their younger readers.

It's interesting with my blog, because it feels to me less like a blog and more like a forum, because my readers are so funny and leave hysterical comments. And I'm not being humble when I say that very often, the comments are so much better than the post originally was.

I think good art should always be entertaining, or at least give pleasure of some sort. And my chief goal as a writer has always been to tell a good story and give my readers a good time.

Because of the nature of my brand, it's so important our readers know it really is me behind my keyboard.

We don't need to dumb down our stuff. And it's important to know how far we can push readers.

If you look at the heritage of the best advertising, you can make stuff that is great for both readers and advertisers. I don't think Don Draper would have loved banner ads.

Remember, if you don't feel passionate about the characters and subject of your story, your readers won't either.

What I would not like is to be ignored. I write from the heart. I don't write for me. I write for my readers.

Sometimes, readers, when they're young, are given, say, a book like 'Moby Dick' to read. And it is an interesting, complicated book, but it's not something that somebody who has never read a book before should be given as an example of why you'll really love to read, necessarily.

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.