Quotes about Readers and writers

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Maybe this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find words for what we already know. — Alberto Manguel, A Reading Diary: A Passionate Reader's Reflections on a Year of Books
I want you to tell all these people that I wanted more time to spend with them. Tell them I meant to, tell them I wanted — Kage Baker
When a reader enters the pages of a book of poetry, he or she enters a world where dreams transform the past into knowle — Aberjhani, Collected Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black
Why are we reading, if not in hope of beauty laid bare, life heightened and its deepest mystery probed? Can the writer i — Annie Dillard, The Writing Life
So it is that a writer writes many books. In each book, he intended several urgent and vivid points, many of which he sa — Annie Dillard, The Writing Life
Books gnaw at me from around the edges of my life, demanding more time and attention. I am always left hungry. — Pamela Paul, My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues
All of us are writers reading other people's writing, turning pages or clicking to the next screen with pleasure and adm — Pamela Paul, By the Book: Writers on Literature and the Literary Life from The New York Times Book Review
Those who spend the greater part of their time in reading or writing books are, of course, apt to take rather particular — M.R. James
Everyone who's born has a mysterious life path to follow. We must live to find that one reason to live — Suchet chaturvedi
Statistically, if you're reading this sentence, you're an oddball. The average American spends three minutes a day readi — Dick Meyer, Why We Hate Us: American Discontent in the New Millennium
We've inherited many ideas about writing that emerged in the eighteenth century, especially an interest in literature as — James Shapiro, Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare?
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 — Munia Khan
A good reader has the power to move the world. — Aman Jassal, Rainbow - the shades of love
The characters act for reasons that they can’t control and, as readers, we have to believe in their motivations, their s — Johnny Rich
Reading, writing, and personal introspection will not protect us from hardship and suffering, but they might introduce u — Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls
A word (...) is never the destination, merely a signpost in its general direction; and whatever (...) body that destinat — John Fowles
Who can say they saw a whole play or read a whole book? Each has their own experience, their own play, their own book — Johnny Rich, The Human Script
I am so happy that I made someone cry today - don't worry I'm a writer. It's when they make me cry that it's a problem. — Tina Smith
Reading is an activity of the imagination, and the imagination in question is not the writer's alone. — Thomas C. Foster, How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines
? Reviews are for readers AND authors. It’s a good way of learning from what people think about the work. Being it good — Ana Claudia Antunes