Nevertheless, the book gave Jack a feeling he had never had before, that the past was like a story, in which one thing led to another, and the world was not a boundless mystery, but a finite thing that could be comprehended.

The CIA's research program is described in a book called "The Search for the Manchurian Candidate."

What news? There's nothing to tell. I'm a nun.

I read mostly fiction, a lot of 19th-century novels.

Proportion is the heart of beauty.

I like reading history, and actually most authors enjoy the research part because it is, after all, easier than writing.

Without books I would not have become a vivacious reader, and if you are not a reader you are not a writer.