Comments on Reading Last Night: Richard Powers

This is the problem I have with readings: it's a different skill than writing, one not remotely related to writing, and one that frequently seems to come up in opposition to writing.

Expecting writers to be good talkers is like expecting baseball pitchers to be good hitters. It's not impossible, but you're not selecting for it, you're unlikely to get it.

Nabokov: "I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, I speak like a idiot child". He did all of his interviews in writing.