One thing that writers have in common is that they are readers first. They have read lots and lots of stuff, because they're just infested with lots of stuff.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Writers are just like other people, except slightly more obsessed.
All writers I know are readers first and foremost, and that's why you become a writer.
I think all writers are different. I've been with a few writers; they're all different.
There's only one common element that united every writer I've admired... they're all incredibly well-read.
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.
I think that writers are, at best, outsiders to the society they inhabit. They have a kind of detachment, or try to have.
Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone.
Writers are socially observant. We find people endlessly fascinating, and real life is mysterious. Sometimes it's hard to stop staring at the strut and squawk of my fellow man. They can be quite inspiring. Sometimes it's hard to stop talking to them to see what in the world they're thinking.
I know when I go and see a writer, the first thing I think to myself is, 'Are they the character in the book?' You just can't help it; it's the way people are.
In fact, I think for a lot of writers, it's so hard to be read.