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“But to demand that a work be “relatable” expresses a different expectation: that the work itself be somehow accommodating to, or reflective of, the experience of the reader or viewer. The reader or viewer remains passive in the face of the book or movie or play: she expects the work to be done for her. If the concept of identification suggested that an individual experiences a work as a mirror in which he might recognize himself, the notion of relatability implies that the work in question serves like a selfie: a flattering confirmation of an individual's solipsism.”

“Literature remains an indispensable human activity, in which the reader and the writer are engaged of their own volition. Hence, literature has no duty to the masses or society, and ethical or moral pronouncements added by busybody critics are of no concern to the writer.”

Humans Literature Moral Duty Reader Activity Mass Concern Remains Critics Engaged Ethical Indispensable Human Activity Volition Busybodies

Author:Gao Xingjian

“It remains unbelievable to me that I have any readers beyond my own blood relations - it's a crazy, wild gift.”

My Own Blood Crazy Reader Relation Remains Unbelievable Blood Relation

Author:Karen Russell

“Writing in a nuanced way, getting at all the details in a way that remains interesting for the reader, is very difficult.”

Way Writing Difficult Interesting Reader Remains Details

Author:Carl Hart

“The bottom line always remains the same: What is the basic humanity of the character? How do I make them resonate with the reader?”

Character Humanity Lines Reader Remains Bottom Lenses Bottom Line

Author:Len Wein

“We read privately, mentally listening to the author's voice and translating the writer's thoughts. The book remains static and fixed; the reader journeys through it.”

Book Voice Journey Listening Reader Remains Fixed Translate Static

Author:Lynne Truss

“The book, as it stands, seems to me to be one of the most frightful muddles I have ever read, with scarcely a sound proposition in it beginning with page 45 [Hayek provided historical background up to page 45; after that came his theoretical model], and yet it remains a book of some interest, which is likely to leave its mark on the mind of the reader. It is an extraordinary example of how, starting with a mistake, a remorseless logician can end up in bedlam.”

Source: The Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes: The general theory and after: pt. 1, Preparation

“A translator is essentially a reader and we all read differently, except that a translator's reading remains in unchanging print”

Reading Language Reader Remains Print Translations Unchanging Translators

Book:If This Be Treason: Translation and Its Dyscontents

Source: If This Be Treason: Translation and Its Dyscontents

“Show enough backstory to allow the reader to glean and make assumptions about what remains behind the curtain of time, yet continues to influence the character’s worldview, attitudes, decisions, and actions.”

Writing Enough Character Shows Action Decision Behinds Attitude Influence Reader Remains Assumption Curtains Worldview

Book:Story Engineering

Source: Story Engineering