“There is great literature about imprisonment, . . . about the foot soldier, . . . about the sea -- but not one great work about flying.”
“That's the great thing about literature -- it makes the world less lonely.”
“One thing about great art: it made you love people more, forgive them their petty transgressions. It worked in the way that religion was supposed to, if you thought about it.”
“What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.”
“This is the thing about great literature. It reads like truth and sticks to you forever and lets you know that you are not alone.”
“The great thing about baseball is, I've heard a hundred statements beginning, 'The great thing about baseball is.”