Becoming an author changes your attitude too. Once you see where books come from, and how they're made, they never seem quite as sacred again.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the others because you are not bringing the same voice to every book. I think that keeps you alive as a writer.
For a lot of people, becoming an author is a change in occupation... they are coming from something that totally has nothing to do with this. If they are expecting to come into a room full of people praising them, then they are in the wrong place.
Oftentimes when you see adaptations of books you like, you're let down. As an author, you assume that they are going to suck. A little bit of hope is dangerous.
With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart from me.
Every well-written book is a light for me. When you write, you use other writers and their books as guides in the wilderness.
I became a writer because I love books, and I believe in their power.
I was aware that there is an expectation that writers inevitably falter at this stage, that they fail to live up to the promise of their first successful book, that the next book never pleases the way the prior one did. It simply increased my sense of being challenged.
Books are an ancient and proven medium. Their physical form inspires passion.
Authors are influenced by everything they've ever read. If you've read widely enough, it helps you create your own mix.
Books seem so much more - much more sacred to me, and more important and essential, than they were when I was young.