He who writes, reads. One requires the other: a truism. But it’s not always the case that you write what you read. The reading process itself is a writing process, at least if you can read. What sounds like a provocation is not so outrageous, because reading creates a space of thought in the reader that was not intended by the author, of which he will never be aware, because the author will never be a reader of his book, but only of others. The author is therefore excluded from reading, even if this blockade only concerns his books. The writer opens a space of thought that he knows from reading, and then he dips his pen and draws on paper what he recognizes when reading purely without his hand. Everyone senses the danger of writing from the very first moment. Most ignore it, others allow themselves to be driven by this danger. This mortal danger will bring them to mastery.
