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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
Books have the power to be the light we are seeking at crucial moments in our lives. Reading helps us realize we are not alone, that we can change our circumstances and even achieve the impossible.
That's what you're looking for as a writer when you're working. You're looking for your own freedom. To lose your inhibition to delve deep into your memory and experiences and life and then to find the prose that will persuade the reader.
As authors, we all have to learn not to be reactive to public statements about our books. It's really not our business what each reader thinks of them.
I am a huge fan of proselytizing. I am a huge fan of speaking your mind. The only way we can share the universe... is by talking very strongly about what we believe.
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 come to writing the same way I come to teaching, which is that my goal is always to create life-long readers.
It's true that I have spoken about doing a book before, but then everyone you speak to is planning to write a book.
A great speech is literature.
We really set out in all our books to say something. Every one is an effort to bring the reader over and show them our theory as to why what we're talking about needs to be talked about.