Do what you can as you can. Trouble, problems, will come no matter what you do , and you must respond as they come.

Name the book that made the biggest impression on you. I bet you read it before you hit puberty. In the time I've got left, I intend to write artistic books - for kids - because they're still open to new ideas.

I read like a wolf eats. I read myself to sleep every night.

A book is a friend. You can never have too many.

I've been reading and researching various aspects of history - Dickens' London, Nelson's sea battles, Magellan's nautical explorations, the weapons and battles and key figures of the American Civil War - for most of my life. I pick up a book here or there or see a documentary or talk with an expert in the subject, and my curiosity about the one area of study and discovery always leads to another.

Books make me feel safe. Books make me feel normal.

The person who reads can bail, but the person who doesn't fails.