“When I started, there was more of a cultural assumption that many readers would find gay characters irrelevant or repugnant.” CharacterReaderGayAssumptionIrrelevant Author:Carol Anshaw
“The photographs are not illustrative. They, and the text, are coequal, mutually independent, and fully collaborative. By their fewness, and by the importance of the reader’s eye, this will be misunderstood by most of that minority which does not wholly ignore it. In the interests, however, of the history and future of photography, that risk seems irrelevant, and this flat statement necessary.” DoeSeemsEyeInterestRiskReaderPhotographyImportanceIndependentPhotographerPhotographStatementsMinoritiesFlatsIrrelevantMisunderstood Author:Walker Evans
“General reader feedback is usually pretty worthless. 99% of people give feedback that is irrelevant, stupid, or just flat out wrong. But that 1% of people who give good feedback are invaluable.” PeopleGivingStupidReaderFlatsIrrelevantWorthlessFeedbackInvaluable Author:Tucker Max
“I want to write books that can be read a hundred years from now, and readers wouldn't be bogged down by irrelevant details.” WantWritingYearsBookReaderHundredDetailsIrrelevant Author:Jonathan Lethem
“My writing model is my mother, who is a writer as well. She always valued clarity and simplicity above all else. If someone doesn't understand what you're writing, then everything else you do is superfluous. Irrelevant. If any thoughtful, curious reader finds what I do impenetrable, I've failed.” IfsWritingWellsMotherReaderModelsSimplicityClarityCuriousThoughtfulIrrelevantSuperfluous Author:Malcolm Gladwell