Quotes about Readers

Corliss had never once considered the fate of library books. She'd never wondered how many books go unread. She loved books. How could she not worry about the unread? She felt like a disorganized scholar, an inconsiderate lover, an abusive mother, and a cowardly soldier.

No matter how true I believe what I am writing to be, if the reader cannot also participate in that truth, then I have failed.

My job [as a writer] is to awaken in the reader his or her own sense of wonder.