A good heavy book holds you down. It’s an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.

The last time somebody said, ‘I find I can write much better with a word processor.’, I replied, ‘They used to say the same thing about drugs.’

A good heavy book holds you down. It’s an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.

Studying literature at Harvard is like learning about women at the Mayo clinic.