“The best thing about writing is the reader”

“I tell my students that when you write, you should pretend you’re writing the best letter you ever wrote to the smartest friend you have. That way, you’ll never dumb things down. You won’t have to explain things that don’t need explaining. You’ll assume an intimacy and a natural shorthand, which is good because readers are smart and don’t wish to be condescended to. I think about the reader. I care about the reader. Not “audience.” Not “readership.” Just the reader.”

“There are many rules of good writing, but the best way to find them is to be a good reader.”

“It ain't just about writing on some documents,author writes on to the readers' heart and mind.”

“One of the things I learned about writing a memoir is you can’t drag the reader through everything. Every human life is worth 20 memoirs.”

“That's the best thing about writing, when you're in that zone, you're porous, ready to absorb the solution. ”