Somebody asked Somerset Maugham about his place in the pantheon of writers, and he said, "I'm in the very front row of the second rate." I'm sort of haunted by that.
Without story books is like a person with no soul.
A life without love is like a tree without fruit.
Once I fell in love with books, I fell in love completely.
Don't let the door hitcha where the good Lord splitcha.
It's not the pain I'm afraid of; I know about the pain. What I'm afraid of is the end of this small, sweet dream.