I just can't read, the way other people can, these tediously elaborated books.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm not as well read as I was when I was younger - I just devoured books.
I can't sum up my books. They're all rather complicated. Sometimes I think they're too complicated. But that's the way I am. When I start to write a book, my head gets full of all kinds of detail.
There's so much more to a book than just the reading.
Books, I don't know what you see in them. I can understand a person reading them, but I can't for the life of me see why people have to write them.
Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it.
Your first book is kind of a labor of ignorance. You don't realize the difficulty of it. Your second book is sort of a labor of fear. Then you sort of either hit a stride, or you don't.
What I read, I read thoroughly and retain almost all of it.
As an author, I realise, you're on your own. You have to do everything you can to help The Book. If I make sure people know it's out there, they can make up their own minds whether they want to read it.
My perfect reader doesn't just read - he or she devours books.
I read just endlessly, ceaselessly, almost every book, it seems!