“Once I learned to read, I could not imagine my life otherwise.”

“Between the covers a book can be a sin. I have spent many hours in search of a waking dream. And once having learned to read, I couldn’t imagine my life otherwise. The indifferent children around me didn’t share my enthusiasm for the written word. Some might sit for a good story while told, but if a book had no pictures they showed scant interest.”

“Of all the things I had learned in my life, nothing was so simple as fanatics imagined.”

“I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.”

“I didn't know the value of creation until I did it. Once I tasted imagination, I knew that I was trapped. I knew that I could never look back. At this point in my life, reality simply isn't enough for me. Dreams simply aren't enough for me. I need something more. I need to live in imagination. I need to become imagination.”

“So I learned to hold my tongue and to turn my features into an indifferent mask so that no one could ever read my thoughts.”