My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine--everybody drinks water.

My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine--everybody drinks water.

My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.

My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.

Every book is a children's book if the kid can read!

Every book is a children's book if the kid can read!

Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out.

Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out.

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.

Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.

Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.

The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.

The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.

This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he read more

This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he is profoundly ignorant.

A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.

A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.