Frank Sinatra was the voice of the 20th-century American city.

Frank Sinatra was the voice of the 20th-century American city.

Human beings want to know too much abut each other, and that's why there are so many lies.

There are 10,000 books in my library, and it will keep growing until I die. This has exasperated my daughters, amused my friends and baffled my accountant. If I had not picked up this habit in the library long ago, I would have more money in the bank today; I would not be richer.

For those without money, the road to the treasure house of the imagination begins at the public library.

Writing is the hardest work in the world not involving heavy lifting.

The library is a place where most of the things I came to value as an adult had their beginnings.