The Great Unfinished
“I give books one hundred pages in which to enthral me. I think this is a sufficient investment of my time and my effort. If I read one hundred pages of a book, and it still hasn’t grabbed me, I put it down and move on.”
My English teacher told me this when I was 14 or 15, and it has stuck with me. Until then, I felt duty-bound to finish every book I started, labouring on and on even while having a terrible time.
My English teacher told me this when I was 14 or 15, and it has stuck with me. Until then, I felt duty-bound to finish every book I started, labouring on and on even while having a terrible time.
