“I try very hard to tell stories and not lecture. I try to approach things as an amateur and not an expert, so that when I'm doing something, I'm starting out in a place a lot like where my readers start out - which is to say, naïve.” TryingHardStoriesReaderApproachStartingExpertsLecturesStarting Out Author:Michael Pollan
“Most of us have loved. And the terror for a writer is that readers will forgive you so much, but they won't forgive you one false note about love, about which they too are expert.” ReaderForgivingNotesTerrorExperts Author:Richard Flanagan
“I thought if I was open and honest, it would help the reader to get open and honest, and they also would realize sometimes when you write a book, people think you're an expert and that's not always true.” PeopleIfsThinkingWritingBookSometimesHelpingRealizingHonestReaderExperts Author:John C. Maxwell
“I want to always be viewed by my readers as a friend and not as an authority or an expert.” WantReaderAuthorityExperts Author:John C. Maxwell