»Let me repeat. It doesn’t depend on a book being sold a million times, whether the author received a price for it, or whether any literature critic is enthusiastic about it. No, a book is only good, if appreciated, well, by whom now what would you guess?«

  »No idea«, I stuttered and shook my head.

  »When it’s appreciated by God!«

  Damn it, God again!

  »Many humans are egoistic and self-referred, they set false targets for themselves. Instead of staying modest, men are on a do-it-or-die chase for money and entertainment. They want fame and respect in this world. But the respect is reserved for God only. The one who is proud of his work shall know: pride was the first sin in the universe. The angel Lucifer refused to worship human beings and fell due to his arrogance and his pride in front of God. Angels are spiritual beings, spirits, I might add.«

  »And when can a book be defined to be of God’s liking?«, I ask him and I suddenly am hit with the thought that I probably never wrote any book, pleasing God at all.

»When His name is mentioned, as the Lord is a jealous God. And when Jesus Christ is worshipped, then it is an excellent book. After all, God did sacrifice his only son so that all sinners will be saved. And every man is a sinner. Shortly before his crucifixion, God mounted all sins of this world onto the shoulders of his son and all sin was nailed along with him to the wooden cross during the crucifixion. Thus death was conquered, and everyone believing that Jesus Christ was dying because of his misconduct in front of God, is doing justice to this belief and will be united with the creator into all eternity. Please do examine all works of classic world literature, whether Jesus is the leading part and whether he is being glorified.«

  »No idea, I didn’t really occupy myself with any classical literature. But I’m rather sure about Bukowski that he surely did not. Who do you think will write the best book?«

  »The person who will write the best book must first write the worst.«

  Maybe I should write total nonsense next to understand that.