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"Continuing on the subject of audience expectations, he said dense books would attract audiences willing to put up with something new and exciting. As an example, Díaz said people would continue reading the long, three-volume Lord of the Rings trilogy for generations, even though “half the damn book is Elvish.” “I’m not worried about chasing people away,” he said. “How many more people can we chase away by writing? Nobody reads. It’s not like I’m dropping an album, I’m like an M.C. and I’m like ‘Yo, I need all the beats to be polka beats.’ Okay, I might lose people, and there’s money involved. But there ain’t no money in this fucking game. If you get 2,000 readers, you’re good. You’re good. So you might as well do what your dream tells you to do and be happy that the people at the other end of the page are happy to see you."
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