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

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

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

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

“I write to discover what I think”

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

“A best-seller was a book which somehow sold well because it was selling well.”