Also, most people read fiction as an escape - and I wonder whether my books aren't a bit too grounded in reality to reach the widest possible audience.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Fiction is the thing I esteem most in my own work; I feel that, even if it's no good, only I could have written those books.
I do understand my limitations as a fiction writer, which is why my novels are always going to be close to home.
Personally, I read fiction, in part, because I get to spend time with people who aren't my people.
Most fiction comes from your experience.
I don't generally read a lot of fiction.
Fiction is able to encompass books that are bleak and which dwell on the manifold and terrible problems of our times. But I don't think that all books need to have that particular focus.
When you write a novel, you never have to be in the service of the reader. My only concern with my books is that the world that's created be as logical and whole as possible.
Books in general are great, but I'm a fiction lover, and I will continue to do it.
Writing is such a solitary thing, so it's nice, when I'm discouraged, to see people still have such faith in fiction.
There's more fiction in my life than in books, so I don't bother with them.