You're never alone when you're reading a book.

 I read books because I love them, not because I think I should read them.

I don't care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as they finish the book

Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.