One of the biggest problems in literature is the lack of subtlety.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Some things in literature are inexplicable.
A book's flaws make it less predictable.
I don't think the problem is that people don't read enough mystery books, but that people don't read.
For me, everything about the telling is guided by tone. It's a bit mysterious; it's either there, or it isn't.
The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.
Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.
What I find, particularly with young writers and readers, is that they don't want complicated feelings.
There is something that falls short of perfection in every book, without exception, something influenced by the age, even something ridiculous; just like everyone, without exception, has weaknesses.
One of the biggest problems for beginning writers is this need to over-explain.
Most writers are drawn to what is unknown, rather than what is clear in any tale.