In America only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in England no writer is important, read more

In America only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in England no writer is important, and in Australia you have to explain what a writer is.

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all.

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all.

That is the point of quotations. One can use another's words to be insulting.

That is the point of quotations. One can use another's words to be insulting.

Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.

Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.

Wear the old coat and buy the new book.

Wear the old coat and buy the new book.

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.

The wise weigh their words on a scale with gold.

The wise weigh their words on a scale with gold.

I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all.

I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.