Felix Dennis Quotes

I'm not sure the risks I take are any different from what other writers take, since we all serve at the pleasure of the reader.

Whenever I write, I'm always thinking of the reader.

I've worked with many large and small publishers, and nearly all of them love the value that Instapaper provides to their readers.

As long as I'm writing stuff and people are reading it, I'll be happy.

I like to be read. That's most of what any writer could want.

The only pressure I feel is to write good books. And to not replicate the previous book. Whether you have a thousand readers or a million readers it doesn't change the pressure. I never feel tempted to give the reader what I think the reader wants.

People read me but they don't subscribe.

If there is an audience out there for me, I want them to be surprised when the next book comes out.

That's the thing: once it's in their hands, it's not my book anymore, it's theirs. I have no idea what happens when they start to digest it. So when someone writes me to explain how they read it, what it was like, what they enjoyed, there's a thrill. Writers who don't make their email addresses public are missing out on something wonderful.

Normally, I have a lot of alpha readers on my books. These are people that, once I finish a novel, I let them look at it and give me a reader response.

I think it's a very bad idea for someone to start writing for a readership.

I think that you have to keep the reader front and centre if you're going to write something that people are going to love and be entertained by.

My books are written from the heart, to entertain: they're books I would like to read. Because of that, when I meet people who like them, we have so much to talk about!

I think all writers are mainly writing for themselves because I believe that most writers are writing based on a need to write. But at the same time, I feel that writers are, of course, writing for their readers, too.

As an author, you need to keep talking to your audience to remind yourself what they like and what they don't like. You spend most of your life locked in a room, and you need to be social occasionally.

As an author, I really hate a reader like me. There's no loyalty.

Many fiction writers write for the critics or for themselves; they forget the common reader. I never do. I don't think journalism clashes with my fiction; on the contrary, it helps enormously.

I made a decision to write for my readers, not to try to find more readers for my writing.

I remember how a man once got in touch with me to tell me that he was so engrossed in my book that he had to take a day off from work just so that he could finish reading it. Such kind of responses from my readers is extremely endearing, and it keeps me going.

In the end, my reasons for moving down the timeline and introducing a new cast have more to do with keeping myself entertained, on the assumption that if I get bored, my readers are going to be even more bored.

I write what I'd like to read and just hope that, along the way, others might like to read them, too.

A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes for money. I write for myself and publish just for the reader.

We all need to focus on our writing. Because the millions of readers out there don't care about your blog.

Going to so many book events keeps me connected with my readership while constantly reminding me that all the long hours at the drawing desk are worthwhile.

Hands down, the biggest thrill is to get a letter from a kid saying, I loved your book. Will you write me another one?