I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We don't choose the books we write; they choose us.
Literature led me to freedom, not the other way round.
Literature is the ditch I'm going to die in. It's still the thing I care most about.
I made a decision to write for my readers, not to try to find more readers for my writing.
I attempt to write a good novel. Whether it is literature or not is something that will be decided by the ages, not by me and not by a pack of critics around the globe.
Being a writer was never a choice, it was an irresistible compulsion.
You think you choose the subjects of your books. But sometimes, in ways you don't know, the books choose you.
You can't live for literature. You can't live for the job.
I chose poetry. Actually, poetry chose me.
I consider what I write to be literature. I choose the words carefully.