The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns.
The reader has to be creative when he's reading. He has to try to make the thing alive. A good reader has to do a certain amount of work when he is reading.
Since I make my living as a literary journalist, not a book scout, I spend inordinate amounts of time either reading or writing.
My favourite part of writing a book is thinking up the ideas, and that can start a long time before I actually sit down at my desk.
The hardest thing in the world for a writer is to amass a readership. So many good books come out, and so many good books disappear.
I mean, the wonderful thing about writing a book is that you're getting a finished product at the end of the day. You're communicating directly with the reader.
That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from him the least time.
How long it takes to write a book depends on its length.
By writing... in the language of his society, a poet takes a large step toward it. It is society's job to meet him halfway, that is, to open his book and read it.
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