“Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.”
“Anything you read can influence your work, so I try to read good stuff.”
“You don't appreciate a lot of stuff in school until you get older. Little things like being spanked every day by a middle-aged woman: Stuff you pay good money for in later life.”
“The secret of keeping young is to read children's books. You read the books they write for little children and you'll keep young. You read novels, philosophy, stuff like that and it makes you feel old.”
“If you close your emotions off so the bad stuff can't get in. You make it so the good stuff can't get in either.”