“When the last reader reads no more.”

“That is the joy of reading fiction: when all is said and done, the novel belongs to the reader and his or her imagination.”

“So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.”

“I have always been a reader; I have read at every stage of my life, and there has never been a time when reading was not my greatest joy”

“Readers, censors know, are defined by the books they read.”

“If you would be a good reader, read; if a writer, write.”

“Curiously enough, one cannot read a book: one can only reread it. A good reader, a major reader, an active and creative reader is a rereader ("Good Readers and Good Writers", p. 3).”

“The great authors were great readers, and one way to understand them is to read the books they read.”

“Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wants to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his time.”

“Poetry must be read to be poetry. It may be that one reader is all that I deserve. If this is so, I want that reader to be you.”