“It wont do to say that the reader is too dumb or too lazy to keep pace with the train of thought. If the reader is lost, it s usually because the writer hasn t been careful enough”
“Be a great writer when you write your life s song.”
“What galled him most was the presumption of these writer types, as if there weren’t actual people in the world, with jobs to do, appointments to keep, wives to appease, but only so much material.”
“Et puis d abord, c est quoi un auteur ? Celui qui a une idée originale ? Celui qui la rédige ? C est quoi une idée originale ? Est-ce que ça existe seulement, une idée originale ?”