There are two kinds of writers; the great ones who can give you truths, and the lessor ones, who can only give you themselves.

Science fiction is a kind of archaeology of the future.

Books act like a developing fluid on film. That is, they bring into consciousness what you didn’t know you knew.

If you want to feel at home, stay home.

Mr. Faulkner, of course, is interested in making your mind rather than your flesh creep.

To take wine into your mouth is to savor a droplet of the river of human history.

[Books] will visit you at your convenience, whether you are lonesome or not, on rainy days or fair. They propose themselves as either transient acquaintances or permanent friends. They will stay as long as you like, departing or returning as you wish. Their friendship entails no obligation. Best of all, and not always true of our merely human friends, they have Cleopatra's infinite variety.