400 Quotes About Readers

Why, of course, if the reader were smart enough, he could figure the whole thing through after just the first few pages! But in his heart Arthur knew that his readers didn't really want to win. They wanted to test their wits against the author at full pitch, and they wanted to lose. To be dazzled.

So who is cruel? You, cruel reader, you are.

Later that night though, as I stayed awake into the early hours of morning devouring the second novel in a series, I understood what it meant to befriend a book. The books knew me, far better than I knew them; they knew my fears, my doubts, my dreams. They gave words to feelings I did not even realize I experienced. They listened. They consoled. They kept me company. The books gave me a life outside of my own.

As thoroughly as mankind has killed God, the reader has despatched the author.

Be an active reader; not a passive reader.

If you don’t want to waste your time on thinking, start reading.

Reading is like a bridge which fills the gap between the real world and the imaginations.

If words come alive on the page, the writer succeeds in connecting to the reader.

Short story collections are the literary equivalent of canapés, tapas and mezze in the world of gastronomy: Delightful assortments of tasty morsels to whet the reader's appetite.