The contents of someone's bookcase are part of his history, like an ancestral portrait.
Anatole BroyardEither a writer doesn't want to talk about his work, or he talks about it more than you want.
Anatole BroyardThere was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience.
Anatole Broyard