I have to be careful. My readers are very detail-oriented, and if I make a mistake they'll call me on it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Writers have to be careful not to confuse personal attention with the attention that's going towards the book.
It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is.
I don't want to waste my readers' time ever. My readers are very important to me.
I found some time ago that I have to be careful, while working on a novel, what I read.
It is important to be well read, at least a little bit.
Dear though the reader might be, I'd be silly to cater to what the reader wanted.
Once you have your characters, they tell you what to write, you don't tell them.
Each reader needs to bring his or her own mind and heart to the text.
I suppose people might consider me a 'loose' reader, as I seem willing to read anything of quality thinking and prose.
I would say readers can trust my work more than anyone else's.