Jeffrey Eugenides

"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. ...I think about the reader. I care about the reader. That one person, alone in a room, whose time I'm asking for." Jeffrey Eugenides

Haruki Murakami

"Some people write me letters, complaining that they laugh when they read my books on the train. It’s very embarrassing for them. Those are the letters I like most." Haruki Murakami