“Foolish writers and readers are created for each other.”
“Think of this - that the writer wrote alone, and the reader read alone, and they were alone with each other.”
“A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns.”
“The fact is that each writer creates his own precursors.”
“And a more foolish notion can scarcely be imagined, it being obvious that the reader is only informed of what the writer wishes him to know, and is thus seduced into believing almost anything.”
“You learn to write by writing, and by reading and thinking about how writers have created their characters and invented their stories. If you are not a reader, don't even think about being a writer.”