"It's not about what you tell the reader, it's about what you conceal."
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"It is the job of the novelist to touch the reader."
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"We're not keen on the idea of the story sharing its valence with the reader. But the reader's own life "outside" the story changes the story."
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"And must I, perchance, like careful writers, guard myself against the conclusions of my readers?"
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"If we value all readers, we must value all reading."
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"There must be a magnificent disregard of your reader, for if he cannot follow you, there is nothing you can do about it."
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"It is hard to write about physically difficult things without causing the reader to disengage."
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"Exposition suggests a great trust in the reader, and this expression of trust makes a book feel tender."
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"Reader, I literally married him."
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"An author who sets his reader on sounding the depths of his own thoughts serves him best."
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"Before I'm a writer, I'm definitely a reader and when I read memoir, I really want it to be true."
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"The author always loads his dice, but he must never let the reader see that he has done so."
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"Authors frequently say things they are unaware of; only after they have gotten the reactions of their readers do they discover what they have said"
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"Let the reader find that he cannot afford to omit any line of your writing because you you have omitted every word that he can spare."
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"O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without the other is naught."
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"a good reader makes a good book"
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"Those authors who would find many readers, must endeavour to please while they instruct."
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"I was a very keen reader of science fiction."
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"Readers are not sheep, and not every pen tempts them."
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"An active and creative reader is a re-reader."
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