My Best Friend Is A Person Who Will Give Me A Book

I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down.

A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.

All I have learned, I learned from books.

Somebody who only reads newspapers and at best books of contemporary authors looks to me like an extremely near-sighted person who scorns eyeglasses. He is completely dependent on the prejudices and fashions of his times, since he never gets to see or hear anything else.

Don't just say you have read books. Show that through them you have learned to think better.

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking.