We don't choose the books we write; they choose us.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
You think you choose the subjects of your books. But sometimes, in ways you don't know, the books choose you.
I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.
I don't think writers really choose their subjects. I think the subjects, the topics, the themes, choose us, and then we make the most of what we have. For Trollope, society; for Roth, Jews. For me, apparently, love. Why hide it?
One doesn't choose to become a writer. One is just born that way.
Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one.
I consider what I write to be literature. I choose the words carefully.
As consumers, we are faced with hundreds of choices - and when it comes to books, thousands of choices.
The best books come from someplace inside. You don't write because you want to, but because you have to.
Being a writer was never a choice, it was an irresistible compulsion.
Writing is a calling, not a choice.
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