It's amazing how much power a good writer can have. For example, I was sitting on my copy of Joyce's Finnegans Wake. I've heard a lot of Joyce scholars say that they like some of his other works, like Dubliners, better than Wake, but I just don't see why. Maybe it's because I've got the Dover thrift edition of Dubliners, or maybe it's because I don't have a Ph.D. in literature, but I think Wake is by far the better book. I may not use the same metric for quality literature as some bearded professor in an Eiffel tower, but I say Wake is much cooler for two reasons:

1. it's big enough that I don't have to curl up really small to sit on it
   
2. it's taller, so I get a better view and look more impressive
   

It's not just the quantity of the writing that puts it above Dubliners. The quality of the writing is superior. Sitting on Dubliners was about like sitting on the kitchen floor, but from the second my butt hits the cover of Wake, I feel confused. That's the power of a great writer.