“Before I Talk, I Should Read A Book”

“I saw a film today, oh boy,The English army had just won the war,A crowd of people turned away,But I just had to look, having read the book...”

“I can no longer remember the books I have read than the meals I have eaten, but they have made me.”

“We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial achievement. Being inclined to go on reading is a great achievement.”

“Go read a book you illiterate son of a bitch and step up your vocab”

“A lot of the people who read a bestselling novel, for example, do not read much other fiction. By contrast, the audience for an obscure novel is largely composed of people who read a lot. That means the least popular books are judged by people who have the highest standards, while the most popular are judged by people who literally do not know any better. An American who read just one book this year was disproportionately likely to have read ‘The Lost Symbol’, by Dan Brown. He almost certainly liked it.”

“I read a lot...I love books. I work with books. Books are my life.”