The best education for a writer, I think, is to read a lot - college can be a good place to do that.

The best education for a writer, I think, is to read a lot - college can be a good place to do that.

Best qualification for an aspiring journalist is curiosity.

What's your favorite book?' is a question that is usually only asked by children and banking identity-verification services--and favorite isn't, anyway, the right word to describe the relationship a reader has with a particularly cherished book. Most serious readers can point to one book that has a place in their life like the one that 'Middlemarch' has in mine.

I'm not a policy expert - I am only arguing that there is more to an education than an economic ticket.

I think it's a terrible mistake to only think in terms of a degree "buying" you something.

My longest love affair: with a book.