All we need to do, reader or writer, from first line to final page, is be as open as a book, and be alive to the life in language - on all its levels.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Live life and write about life. Of the making of many books there is indeed no end, but there are more than enough books about books.
Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.
By writing... in the language of his society, a poet takes a large step toward it. It is society's job to meet him halfway, that is, to open his book and read it.
Each reader needs to bring his or her own mind and heart to the text.
Everyone wants to write a book. Very few people are able to do it.
For any writers at all, read everything you can and then put your butt in the chair and write. That's all there is to it.
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.
You're a reader as well as a writer, so write what you'd want to read.
There's a point at which writing a book, or a long article, begins to feel like mental labor, and it's too painful to connect in the world in any real way mid-process. The only way to survive is to write until it is all said and done.
We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.