One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.

One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.

Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written.

Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written.

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.

When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.

When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.

Reading is like permitting a man to talk a long time, and refusing you the right to answer.

Reading is like permitting a man to talk a long time, and refusing you the right to answer.

Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear.

Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear.

Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion.

Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion.

The words of the world want to make sentences.

The words of the world want to make sentences.

There's one good kind of writer -- a dead one.

There's one good kind of writer -- a dead one.