I've never set out to seduce my reader. I don't see him at all clearly.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't use my body to seduce, no. I just stand there.
Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.
I never think of the reader. I am curious about things; I need to find out, so off I go.
I'm told I'm an incredible flirt because I don't know I'm doing it. I don't want to even analyse it, but I seduce people, apparently; I suck them in.
That's the thing about pictures: they seduce you.
My perfect reader doesn't just read - he or she devours books.
Something in a writer's brain needs to watch everything with a detached, amoral eye.
Some readers allow their prejudices to blind them. A good reader knows how to disregard inappropriate responses.
You can seduce a man without taking anything off, without even touching him.
The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention.