#reader

It would be easier to write a novel without reader input, but I feel the fiction is richer for it. ↗

If you truly love a book, you should sleep with it, write in it, read aloud from it, and fill its pages with muffin crumbs. ↗

— Anne Fadiman

#bibliophiles #books #reader #reading #love

It's different in Scotland. People who come to readings are more interested in literature as such, but the readership in general is really quite diverse. It's a cliche, but it's said that people who read my books don't read any other books, and you do get that element. ↗

— Irvine Welsh

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Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own. ↗

— Mark Twain

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Some readers allow their prejudices to blind them. A good reader knows how to disregard inappropriate responses. ↗

— John Barton

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A literary journal is intended to connect writer with reader; the role of the editor is to mediate. ↗

— John Barton

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If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world, then it has had its desired effect. ↗