15th March 2017 | for Creatives | reading, writing, writer-reader relationship, Stewart O'Nan, Saul Bellow |
"Saul Bellow says that a writer is just a reader moved to emulation, and that's what happened with me."
"The primary point of contact for the reader is going to be an emotional one, because emotions reside in the senses."
"They are all based on one premise: what happens next? If the reader doesn't care, the novel is a failure."
"I'm inspired when I literally can't put a book down. I'll leave the dishes in the sink. I'll bore friends and family talking about people they don't know and situations they've never read. In short, I'm pitching to everyone around me. If a book connects with me to that extent, it will connect with others. The biggest seller of books is still word of mouth, and the most successful books are those people can't stop talkinga about, agents included."
"It is the imagination that must be a strong and supple instrument, ready to lead the reader through moment-by-moment sensual experience."
"No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader."
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