Emmet Reads

…And there are people who prefer to read books and stories where the author isn’t present. If you have a preference for a type of literature it’s tempting to think the literature you prefer is a better literature, a higher form. From that perch you can look down and say people who use their own lives in their writing are creating work of less value, of no value. They’re narcissists, confession junkies.

I think people that try to create without accessing their own experiences are like carpenters trying to build a house without a hammer. It’s impressive to build a house without a hammer, but it doesn’t make a better house, and it doesn’t mean much to the reader, who has to live inside the house, and is primarily concerned about whether the roof leaks.

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