“When a book leaves its author's desk it changes. Even before anyone has read it, before eyes other than its creator's have looked upon a single phrase, it is irretrievably altered. It has become a book that can be read, that no longer belongs to its maker. It has acquired, in a sense, free will. It will make its journey through the world and there is no longer anything the author can do about it. Even he, as he looks at its sentences, reads them differently now that they can be read by others. They look like different sentences. The book has gone out into the world and the world has remade it.” WritingReadingBooksPerceptionPublishingAuthorsMetamorphosisBooks And ReadingBooks And AuthorsPublished Books Book:Joseph Anton: A Memoir Source: Joseph Anton: A Memoir
“To have one book published is an achievement somewhat similar to have climbed a mountain, but after a while it seems as though you are walking the street with only one shoe on your feet. To have two books published balances your step and the thought of stopping with that one satisfies your ambition, unless the unsatiable desire to tell stories is too strong to stop, until--but is there ever an until?” StoriesWriteEndingsUntil I DiePublished Books Book:Why A Complicated Love Source: Why A Complicated Love