It's very hard to find critics or a magazine today that will publish material that is genuinely independent and written without any concern about being cut off some distributor's list or not be invited or flown into screenings.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I can't name three first-rate literary critics in the United States. I'm told there are a few hidden away at universities, but they don't print them in 'The New York Times.'
At first my publisher had reservations about publishing it in the form you are familiar with.
I think it would be a shame for any writer to let their publishers in any way corral them into a single genre.
It's not like publishing is perfect. Far from it. The industry is struggling to adapt and survive, and it's incredibly frustrating trying to break in.
The hard fact is that not everyone does get published.
It's hard to market a movie when you're at the mercy of critics and journalists.
I believe in books that do not go to a ready-made public. I'm looking for readers I would like to make. To win them, to create readers rather than to give something that readers are expecting. That would bore me to death.
There are so many magazines and so many editors out there that you have to be different.
We are not trying to entertain the critics. I'll take my chances with the public.
I don't write for publishers, certainly not for critics, and not for readers, But I am delighted that so many people have found my books enjoyable and want to continue to read them.