400 Quotes About Readers

Sadly for books in the current times there are more writers than readers, so it seems.

Story-telling is a lot like making love. There are rules, yet there are no rules. You must keep your lover engaged; keep pressing the right buttons. Make the reader look forward to your next move with bated breath. Build up the tension and let it explode in the climax. (Anurag Shourie)

Every book begins and ends with other people- the readers who suggest the book to us and encourage us to read it, the talented author who crafted each word, the fascinating individuals we meet inside the pages- and the readers we discuss and share the book with when we finish.

Novelists and the literary world play an important part in shaping languages. The Swahili they write influence the readers and their languages. The literary obstacle in Tanzania is not that people do not read, but that they don’t read because there are no interesting writers.

I'd like my readers to feel they want to follow my characters off the page at the end of the book.

Word-Power'Being stuck in my room,I've become a world traveler.If you wonder how...just guess how I've reached you right now

I’m addicted to words. The only way to get my fix is to write and read.

Primary goal for the author: 'Write what you mean to say'Primary goal for the reader: 'Read what the author actually writes

For fiction is not about life; it's about the troubles in life. That is why we read it. To understand, to grow, to believe, to hope. That all the troubles one faces in life can be overcome, eventually.