Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more.

Mothers born on relief have their babies on relief. Nothingness, truly, seems to be the condition of these New York people. They are nomads going from one rooming house to another, looking for a toilet that functions.

I have come to the belief that there is not merely an accidental relationship between bad writing and routine sociological research, but a wonderfully pure, integral relationship; the awkwardness is necessary and inevitable.

While you are living, part of you has slipped away to the cemetery.

Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more.

The greatest gift is a passion for reading.

Since films and television have staged everything imaginable before it happens, a true event, taking place in the real world, brings to mind the landscape of films.