I am to cover the philosophical side of the debate and so far my only thought is that reading keeps you from going gaga.

It was amazing to me then, and still is, that so many people who wander into bookshops don't really know what they're after--they only want to look around and hope to see a book that will strike their fancy. And then, being bright enough not to trust the publisher's blurb, they will ask the book clerk the three questions: (1) What is it about? (2) Have you read it? (3) Was it any good?

Reading good books ruins you for enjoying bad books.

Your questions regarding that gentleman are very delicate, very subtle, very much like being smacked in the head with a mallet...it's a tuba among the flutes.

‎What a blight that woman is. Do you happen to know why? I lean toward a malignant fairy at her christening.

Isola doesn't approve of small talk and believes in breaking the ice by stomping on it.

I think you learn more if you're laughing at the same time.