If critics of 'readable fiction' want literature to change the ways people dream, they need first to come down from the mountain and speak to the people.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Every time I write a new novel about something sombre and sobering and terrible I think, 'oh Lord, they're not going to want to go here'. But they do. Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that's brave.
Fiction works when it makes a reader feel something strongly.
If it is good literature, the reader and the writer will connect. It's inevitable.
I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written.
People forget that writers start off being readers. We all love it when we find a terrific read, and we want to let people know about it.
I'm very troubled when editors oblige their film critics to read the novel before they see the film. Reading the book right before you see the film will almost certainly ruin the film for you.
Ultimately, in my mind, that's what I'm trying to do with my fiction; I'm trying to transport my reader into a different world.
The writer is always tricking the reader into listening to their dream.
The writer's job is to let the books speak for themselves eventually.
Nonfiction writers are the packhorses of literature. We're meant to carry the story. If we can make it up and down the mountain by a reliable if not scenic route, we have delivered. Technique is optional.