Good Authors

"What I like in a good author is not what he says, but what he whispers." - Logan Pearsall Smith

I agree with what Logan Pearsall Smith is saying, but only to a degree. I took this quote as that he loves all of the underlying themes and hidden meanings behind a text more than he loves the actual blatant spoken story line. All of those hidden secrets lying beneath the surface of the text are intriguing and wonderful to ponder, but at some point it gets more annoying than interesting. At this point, I prefer just the plain text to the obscure themes and symbols found in a novel. However, before this point, I love feeling the gratification of deciphering the "codes" beneath the words in a story.

A good author is able to convey those things that are "between the lines" while still having them be mysterious. It is essential.