“I have never passed a bookstore without going inside; it's sacrilegious”
“I can't pass a bookstore without slipping inside, looking for the next book that will burn my hand when I touch its jacket, or hand me over a promissory note of such immense power that it contains the formula that will change everything about me.”
“It's funny how we like labels. If I ever have a bookstore, I'm not going to put any labels on the sections.”
“I did not add that we would pass by a bookstore on the way. It's an addiction that cannot be easily explained and can rarely be overcome.”
“A literary academic can no more pass a bookstore than an alcoholic can pass a bar.”
“You can't possibly ask me to go without having some dinner. It's absurd. I never go without my dinner. No one ever does, except vegetarians and people like that.”