“Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.”

“A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you.”

“I write to discover what I think”

“The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge.”

“[Reading is like] the sex act—done privately, and often in bed.”

“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”

“A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services”