That's a very good way to learn the craft of writing - from reading.
Curiosity is a mistress whose slaves decline no sacrifice.
The most important thing is insight, that is to be - curious - to wonder, to mull, and to muse why it is that man does what he does.
No battle is ever won ... victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
Don't bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.
It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can't eat for eight hours; he can't drink for eight hours; he can't make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work.