The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Now it is characteristic of play that one plays without reason and there must be no reason for it. Play is its own good reason.

I have a hankering to go back to the Orient and discard my necktie. Neckties strangle clear thinking.

And if the reader has no taste for what he reads, all the time is wasted

The busy man is never wise and the wise man is never busy.

The purpose of a short story is ... that the reader shall come away with the satisfactory feeling that a particular insight into human character has been gained, or that his (or her) knowledge of life has been deepened, or that pity, love or sympathy for a human being is awakened.

Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading.