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How Many Readers Does a Writer Need?

June 01 11

I recently came across this quote on almaar kleiner Groien, a Dutch literary website:

Ooit voerde ik een discussie over de vraag hoeveel lezers een schrijver nodig heeft. Ik meende acht. Nu denk ik vier. (Arnon Grunberg, De Volkskrant, 24 September 2010)

Roughly translated, it says "Once I had a discussion about how many readers a writer needs. At that time I said eight. Now I think it's four."

T. Koelb