“Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you.”
“The greatest pleasure is not - say - sex or geometry. It is just understanding. And if you can get people to understand their own humanity - well, that's the job of the writer.”
“Perhaps the greatest reading pleasure has an element of self-annihilation. To be so engrossed that you barely know you exist.”
“Throwing yourself into a job you enjoy is one of the life's greatest pleasures!”
“Listening well and answering well is one of the greatest perfections that can be obtained in conversation.”