“Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?”
“Military people never seem to apologize for killing each other yet novelists feel ashamed for writing some nice inert paper book that is not certain to be read by anybody.”
“Sit in a room and read--and read and read. And read the right books by the right people. Your mind is brought onto that level, and you have a nice, mild, slow-burning rapture all the time.”
“You can't just be reading books all the time and leave the writting of them to others.”
“You can't consume much if you sit still and read books.”
“Sometimes people can learn a lot about each other just by sitting in silence.”