400 Quotes About Readers

As long as a reader hasn't willingly put down his book, he is a potentially dangerous individual.

Readers will easily recognize the cover of a book they've read, but in a cafe that man over there, is that...is that...well, it's hard to tell - doesn't he have long hair? - oh, he's gone.

Looking through this intimate window, readers have a choice about their own lives. Will they guard their own internal landscapes or lay themselves bare for others to see?

Los libros cautivan porque le ahorran al lector el problema de vivir. Los libros se declaran por nosotros, recorren la noche por nosotros. Entran donde el lector no se atrevería a entrar, espían donde el lector cerraría los ojos. Sufren lo que el lector sería incapaz —porque la lectura lo ha embotado— de sufrir. Aunque seguramente ese lector, al momento de morir, morirá menos que quien ha sufrido en carne propia.

I find my readers to be very smart, and there is no reason to write dumb.

The papers are only going to show what they want the readers to see. It's all propaganda, to be honest.

Just tell your readers they can come down and see anything and it should be good,

'Time' is an internationalist publication catering to internationalist readers who are not only interested in their own backyard.

I have readers tell me that I must be bored, but that's not true. I am never bored with the characters. I like them.