Readers, like writers, are essentially amoral. Arm's length will never do. We want to get closer.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The relationship between reader and writer is reciprocal in a way. We co-create each other. We are constantly emerging out of the relationship we have with others.
Writing provides no guarantees. And writers who stay with writing do it for reasons that are larger than self.
Writing is sometimes a balancing act between keeping things easily readable and being accurate.
It is the job of the novelist to touch the reader.
I think people seem to want to read pieces that are shorter but not as short as the pieces they can read in small bites on the Internet. It may be that the sort of long essays are hitting a sweet spot between the tiny morsels online and the full-length book.
For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste with short arms can never, never make a fine gesture.
Once journalists have been rifling through your dustbins, you do try and keep them at arms' length.
For the theatre one needs long arms... an artiste with short arms can never make a fine gesture.
There isn't any distinction between a reader and a writer - reading is so much a part of it.
A writer stops writing the moment he or she puts the last full stop to their text, and at that point the book is in limbo and doesn't come to life until the reader picks it up and the reader flips the pages.