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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."
"To paint comic books as childish and illiterate is lazy. A lot of comic books are very literate - unlike most films."
"As for collaboration - I have done a lot, 26 books, and found publishers increasingly resistive to them. It's not that the books are bad; editors won't even read them."
"You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here."
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