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"I really hate those books where the murderer turns out to be somebody you never heard of who pops up in the last chapter."
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"Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost."

"Thanks to bad graphic design, some readers love only the electronic version of some books."

"Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all."

"It was also a room full of books and made of books. There was no actual furniture; this is to say, the desk and chairs were shaped out of books. It looked as though many of them were frequently referred to, because they lay open with other books used as bookmarks."

"A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books."

"Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out."

"I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood."

"I try to make my books reflect humanity as I see it."

"To paint comic books as childish and illiterate is lazy. A lot of comic books are very literate - unlike most films."
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"Everybody is a True Believer. Everybody has a little nugget they're convinced of that is the opposite of the nugget on the other side. And they're convinced it's fact."
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"Listen to advice. You don't know how many writer's conferences I've taught at where at least half the audience fights all the conventions of the field."

"I've been a teacher at the college level, in composition mostly, and I've been an editor on magazines."
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