Toshita
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Michael Grant:
People say that authors write the books they would rather read, do you find this statement applying to you?
Michael Grant
No.
People say a lot of things about writers. Writers especially say a lot of things about writers because many writers are desperate to be seen as demigods graciously sharing their gift with the benighted masses, so they get into self-aggrandizing bullshit.
This is my job. I work hard at my job, and I try to do my best. I make up stories for a living, and I write those stories down. I want to surprise readers, and I want the same when I'm reading. So I read books very different from what I write, and I hope those books will entertain me as I hope to entertain my readers.
People say a lot of things about writers. Writers especially say a lot of things about writers because many writers are desperate to be seen as demigods graciously sharing their gift with the benighted masses, so they get into self-aggrandizing bullshit.
This is my job. I work hard at my job, and I try to do my best. I make up stories for a living, and I write those stories down. I want to surprise readers, and I want the same when I'm reading. So I read books very different from what I write, and I hope those books will entertain me as I hope to entertain my readers.
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Nana Lees
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Michael Grant:
Sorry for my poor English, but I must say ... I hope to be a writer like you one day. Gone marked my life with several philosophies cuz that whole story became a kind of rehearsal for me. It reminded me of the book Blindness by José Saramago. Seeing the core of the human being was fantastic and the way I was changing sides and loving Caine... Aren't you ashamed to play with your readers like that?
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