“A reader’s favorite subject is the reader.”
Derek Thompson • Hit Makers
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“A reader’s favorite subject is the reader.”
Audiences like art that gives them the jolt of meaning that often comes from an inkling of recognition.
Derek Thompson • Hit Makers
—Richard Strauss
Austin Kleon • 100 quotes that helped me write
Their passion for literature (evident in their questions from the floor, our talks at the signing table, the conversations I’ve had with book clubs) has convinced me that there’s a vast underground network for goodness at work in the world—a web of people who’ve put reading at the center of their lives because they know from experience that reading
... See moreGeorge Saunders • A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: From the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo
books. “The greatest part of a writer’s time is spent in reading; a man will turn over half a library to make one book,” Samuel Johnson said.
–Hardcover over paperback. • These 38 Reading Rules Changed My Life
Readers don’t have short attention spans—they have short enchantment spans .
Celine Nguyen • In Praise of Writing on the Internet
The reader is always looking for two things in the novel: themselves and transcendence.
Walter Mosley • This Year You Write Your Novel
The fact that my top 10 highest-performing articles are predominantly about personal development should tell you something. These weren’t articles about me—these were articles about you, the reader. These were pieces to get you thinking, to make you more productive, to help your life in some way. And it was because I was putting the reader first th
... See moreNicolas Cole • The Art and Business of Online Writing: How to Beat the Game of Capturing and Keeping Attention
From the start, I always thought of my reader as an individual, almost as a friend. I still do. When I do that, the size of the audience is hardly important—I'm just thinking about the connection between me and that person.