“It’s like I always say. And I keep repeating it, actually. A book is an industrial product. There are people standing there, working on the book at a factory. People who can cut themselves on the paper. Therefore, I always send a plaster when I submit a manuscript. To stop the bleeding. They can get crushed by a machine falling over them. Therefore, always wooden blocks to help pushing them together at the edges. It’s called precautions. Ordinary compassionate consideration. Is it a paper plane you have there?”
