Reading this as the work of actor James Woods is funny, but reading it as a literal sentient, personified, block of wood is even better: "What are we to think,

Reading this as the work of actor James Woods is funny, but reading it as a literal sentient, personified, block of wood is even better: "What are we to think, then, about a critic criticizing a critic? Do I intend to get you to see Sebald or Roth as I see Wood seeing them? But of course, to see Wood as I see him is, in part, to see how Wood sees."