I felt a bit bookish, cut off from life.

When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money.

Men throw huge shadows on the lawn, don't they? Then, all their lives, they try to run to fit the shadows. But the shadows are always longer.

Do what you love and love what you do. Don’t do anything for money. Everything should be for love.

You've got to love libraries. You've got to love books. You've got to love poetry. You've got to love everything about literature. Then, you can pick the one thing you love most and write about it.

Do you ever read any of the books you burn?" He laughed. "That's against the law!" "Oh. Of course.

I don't talk things, sir. I talk the meaning of things.