A book is one of the most patient of all man's inventions. Centuries mean nothing to a well-made book. It awaits its destined reader, come when he may, with eager hand and seeing eye. Then occurs one of the great…

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The good writer, the great writer, has what I have called the three S's: the...

The good writer, the great writer, has what I have called the three S's: the...

No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library......

No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library......

Books themselves need no defense. Their spokesmen come and go, their readers live and die,...

Books themselves need no defense. Their spokesmen come and go, their readers live and die,...

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow.

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow.

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...

What makes a book great, a so-called classic, it its quality of always being modern,...

What makes a book great, a so-called classic, it its quality of always being modern,...

We are the children of a technological age. We have found streamlined ways of doing...

We are the children of a technological age. We have found streamlined ways of doing...

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

Unless their use by readers bring them to life, books are indeed dead things.

Unless their use by readers bring them to life, books are indeed dead things.

I can speak of my own criterion for judging whether or not a book is...

I can speak of my own criterion for judging whether or not a book is...

No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library......

No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library......

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy....

Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy....

Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.

Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.

The most successful people are those who are good at Plan B.

The most successful people are those who are good at Plan B.

Creativity takes courage.

Creativity takes courage.

Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can plan weird; that's easy. What's hard...

Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can plan weird; that's easy. What's hard...

Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for...

Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for...

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Literature is a comprehensive essence of the intellectual life of a nation.

Literature is a comprehensive essence of the intellectual life of a nation.

What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.

What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world...

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world...