“Because reading is a selfish activity, writing must be unselfish, a gift to the reader.”
“Customs are generally unselfish. Habits are nearly always selfish.”
“Curiously enough, one cannot read a book; one can only reread it. A good reader, a major reader, and active and creative reader is a rereader.”
“Selfishness is the only real atheism; unselfishness the only real religion.”
“You want me to be unselfish? A vampire is selfish. We kill so that we can survive, that is the ultimate selfishness.”
“If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.”