#reader

The headline is the most important element of an ad. It must offer a promise to the reader of a believable benefit. And it must be phrased in a way to give it memory value. ↗

— Morris Hite

#believable #benefit #element #give #headline

Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions. ↗

— A. E. Housman

#discrimination #dull #good #great #great literature

Readers are what it's all about, aren't they? If not, why am I writing? ↗

— Evan Hunter

#am #i #readers #why #writing

Think before you speak. Read before you think. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

#books #reader #reading #speaking #thinking

The most important function of a bibliographic entry is to help the reader obtain a copy of the cited work. ↗

— Daniel J. Bernstein

#copy #entry #function #help #important

While the spoken word can travel faster, you can't take it home in your hand. Only the written word can be absorbed wholly at the convenience of the reader. ↗

— Kingman Brewster, Jr.

#faster #hand #home #only #reader

But I was, and still am, an avid reader and so when I first started I chose to photograph many of the great writers in this country to try and earn a living. ↗

— Fay Godwin

#avid #chose #country #earn #first

The future of publishing is about having connections to readers and the knowledge of what those readers want. ↗

— Seth Godin

#connections #future #having #knowledge #publishing

I'm not sure Kinsey has changed in these first twelve books. I think the reader learns more about her, but from Kinsey's perspective, only three years have passed while the rest of us have been getting older at a much faster clip. ↗

— Sue Grafton

#been #books #changed #clip #faster

The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#little #live #makes #marks #pulp