You do not have to explain every single drop of water contained in a rain barrel. You have to explain one drop—H2O. The reader will get it.

- George Singleton

You must learn to be three people at once: writer, character, and reader.

- Nancy Kress

I know that books seem like the ultimate thing that's made by one person, but that's not true. Every reading of a book is a collaboration between the reader and the writer who are making the story up together.

- John Green

An opening line should invite the reader to begin the story. It should say: Listen. Come in here. You want to know about this.

- Stephen King

Punctuation is a fabulous tool for controlling your reader - you even get to control where they breathe. That's what I call power!

- Nicola Morgan

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

- Dr. Seuss

No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.  No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.

– Robert Frost