Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have.

Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have.

In judging others, folks will work overtime for no pay.

In judging others, folks will work overtime for no pay.

A good writer is not necessarily a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a read more

A good writer is not necessarily a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a good bartender.

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.

The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.

A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.

A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.

Gentle words, quiet words, are after all the most powerful words. They are more convincing, more compelling, more prevailing.

Gentle words, quiet words, are after all the most powerful words. They are more convincing, more compelling, more prevailing.

Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.

Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.

Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written.

Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written.