Anyone who doubts that caffeine is a drug should read some of the prose composed under its influence.

For me, literature is a way of enlarging myself by learning about people who are not like me.

Anyone who doubts that caffeine is a drug should read some of the prose composed under its influence.

I am very grateful to the electronic world for making my life easier, but there is something about holding a book - the smell and the world of association. Even when e-books are perfected, as they surely will be, it will be like being in bed with a very well-made robot rather than a warm, soft, human being whom you love.

When I visit a new bookstore, I demand cleanliness, computer monitors, and rigorous alphabetization. When I visit a secondhand bookstore, I prefer indifferent housekeeping, sleeping cats, and sufficient organizational chaos.

You can miss a lot by sticking to the point.

If you truly love a book, you should sleep with it, write in it, read aloud from it, and fill its pages with muffin crumbs.