I'm not looking to set a standard... but, I believe I have offered a challenge to others with my work.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
To create a new standard, you have to be up for that challenge and really enjoy it.
I accept challenges, I have always done that in writing.
I love a challenge, and I think it's when people least expect you to do something that you often do your best.
It's important to set challenges that you're not sure you're equal to.
No, I don't make my work in order to challenge or confuse other people's expectations - I only do what I find natural.
I'm about challenging people. Like, properly challenging them and their assumptions.
I definitely challenge people. But hopefully, I am working harder than anybody else, and so people won't resent the fact that I want them to work hard, as well.
Without sounding pompous, I really do feel that I have a set of standards that I must adhere to, even leaving aside considerations of what the readers expect.
I don't imagine myself, my work, or my life, fitting into any kind of standardized path. In fact, the idea of there even being a standard freaks me out a lot.
Maintaining our standard; that's our challenge day-in and day-out.