My grandfather had a particularly important influence on my life, even though I didn't visit him often, since he lived about three miles out of town and he died when I was six. He was remarkably curious about the world, and he read lots of books.

Translation is the art of failure.

Libraries have always been humanities' way of preserving its collective wisdom

The mobile phone... is a tool for those whose professions require a fast response, such as doctors or plumbers.

My generation knew pretty well what happened 50 years before our birth. Now I follow all the quiz programs because they are a paramount example of the span of memory of the young generation - they are able to remember everything that happened in their life but not before.

My father was an accountant and his father was a typographer.

We live for books.