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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.

The bright future is that readers are accepting more varied forms of stories.

I feel that form determines how readers read a book and how they judge it.

Writing is sometimes a balancing act between keeping things easily readable and being accurate.

Everything that you read is an influence on everything you write, and you want to draw as many elements into your work as you can.

I think it's one of the Times' problems that they haven't made it clear to readers what various formats mean.

Each reader needs to bring his or her own mind and heart to the text.

You're a reader as well as a writer, so write what you'd want to read.

A reader should know what he might reasonably expect under a particular label.

Well, in features, and in writing especially, it's often the style of the writer comes in.