“Read. As much as you can. As deeply and widely and nourishingly and irritatingly as you can. And the good things will make you remember them, so you won't need to take notes.”
“Read as widely and as deeply as you can. You have to be a reader before you can be a writer.”
“I had learned from my reading that you can do really awful things when you are bored, things that are bound to make you miserable. In fact, you do them in order to become miserable, so you won't have to be bored anymore.”
“My dear sweet girl. You take on so much. You feel things so deeply. But you will be happy, my darling. You will shine.”
“Someone started taking notes, Steve said, 'You don't need to takes notes. If it's important, you'll remember it'.”
“You can't change the desert. You can only take the fastest course through it. Wishing it's an oasis won't make it so...”