“If you can't write, keep trying. If you can't read, ask for help.”
“The book you don't read can't help.”
“not writing is not good but trying to write when you can't is worse.”
“I don't make promises in case I can't keep them. Sometimes you can't help it; things stop you.”
“Beauty can't amuse you, but brainwork — reading, writing, thinking — can.”
“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”