“Who wants a library full of books you've already read?”
“What's the point of having a library full of books you've already read?”
“Now what good would that have done? They wouldn't know they'd asked a dumb question, but I didn't want to insult them, either. So when they'd ask if I'd read all those books, I'd say, 'Hell, no. Who wants a library full of books you've already read?”
“What's the point of a houseful of books you've already read?”
“The women one meets - what are they but books one has already read? You're a library of the unknown, the uncut. Upon my word I've a subscription.”
“Write the book you've always wanted to read, but can't find on the shelf.”