Readers & Libraries

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I make the following statement on one of my Bio-pages:

“The reader is more important than the writer; but, books should never be written just for the reader—authentic writing is a must; yet, without the reader, the writing is unfruitful…”

I saw the following quote fromRoberto Bolaño in an article calledGood Readers Are Rarer than Good Writers in The Irish Times:

“Reading is more important than writing.”

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