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The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.
The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.
The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.
I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.
I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.
I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.
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.
Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
In the case of good books, the point is not how many of them you can get through, but rather read more
In the case of good books, the point is not how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.
Some on commission, some for the love of learning, some because they have nothing better to do or because they read more
Some on commission, some for the love of learning, some because they have nothing better to do or because they hope these walls of books will deaden the drumming of the demon in their ears.
Wear the old coat and buy the new book.
Wear the old coat and buy the new book.
