“Read widely, and without apology. Read what you want to read, not what someone tells you you should read.”

“Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are" is true enough, but I'd know you better if you told me what you re-read. François Mauriac”

“Remember, you're reading for pleasure. If you pick up a book and don't like it, put it down. Never read what you think you should read. Never feel inadequate if you don't like what you're 'supposed' to like. Reading is personal. Yours is the only opinion that matters.”

“Great speed in reading is a dubious achievement; it is of value only if what you have to read is not worth reading. A better formula is this: Every book should be read no more slowly than it deserves, and no more quickly than you can read it with satisfaction and comprehension.”

“What you don't read is often as important as what you do read.”

“You want to know about anybody? See what books they read, and how they've been read...”