The manager of my line told me, You never put anything down except to be read. Every word ever written is written to be read and if some go unread that's only chance, failure, they're like grubs that die without changing.

It is usually unbearably painful to read a book by an author who knows way less than you do, unless the book is a novel.

Collect books, even if you don’t plan on reading them right away. Filmmaker John Waters has said, “Nothing is more important than an unread library.

The truly cultured are capable of owning thousands of unread books without losing their composure or their desire for more.