But there are other writers - and I don’t mean straight-down-the-line critics - for whom commentary is absolutely central to their own creative project, who insist that at some level commentary can turn out to be every bit as original as the primary work of the novelist. [They see their role as] not to judge objectively or critically assess these works but to articulate their feelings about them with as much precision as possible, without seeking to disguise the vagaries of their nature, their lapse in taste and the contingency of their own experiences, even if those feelings are confusion, uncertainty, or - in this case - undiminished wonder.
—Geoff Dyer from Zona: A Book About a FIlm About a Journey to a Room
