My Dots for Friday, April 20, 2007

Umberto Eco spoke at the Budapest Book Festival and Hungarian Literature Online posted their recap.

Quoted: Much to the delight of the Book Festival audience, Mr Eco also declared that writing is definitely for the Reader. ”I hate writers saying ’I write only for myself’, that is ultimately false, one writes to communicate.” ”I would not continue to write without readers. On the other hand, if humanity were to disappear, there is always hope of an alien race finding my writing three thousand years from now and deciphering it.”

Salman Rushdie spoke at Fayetteville, Arkansas last week and The Morning News wrote up what was said at the event.

Quoted: “The Internet is a fantastic creative tool that we don’t yet fully understand.” he said. “Most of the creative content of the Internet is rubbish, but you can say the same for much of the content in any bookstore.”