“It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.”
“It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.”
“Great," I said. "Another conference call. I have really got to start blocking your number.”
“There are those who say that life is like a book, with chapters for each event in your life and a limited number of pages on which you can spend your time. But I prefer to think that a book is like a life, particularly a good one, which is well to worth staying up all night to finish.”
“Peeing is like a good book in that it is very, very hard to stop once you start.”
“It's like you're a character in this book that everyone around you is writing, and suddenly you have to say, 'I'm sorry, but this role isn't right for me'. And you have to start writing your own life and doing your own thing.”