Quotes About Literature

I collect books - a lot of books.

I've probably got about 300 books. I love collecting books.

I don't collect books just because other people collect them, and I'm not going to have books in my collection if I think it's badly written.

I would never have thought my collection of short stories would win the Giller.

My two goals are to read everything Edith Wharton has ever written and to have an art collection.

My favorite books to give or get are short story collections. And always paperbacks because they are easy to carry as you travel.

I've been a book collector since I was young, since I was a kid.

I teach at Columbia, and I'm always looking for books I can lose myself in during the 45 minutes I'm on the train.

I read anything and everything. Comfort food for my brain is fantasy fiction or science fiction.

I'm probably one of the few authors in this country who could very comfortably live off my writing.

I find booksellers comforting - they're my people.

I've never read a comic book in my life.

Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado.

I've never really been a big sci-fi guy or a big comic book guy.

I'm not ashamed of comic books. You have some people that are like, 'We're trying to elevate comic books.' Comic books have always told great dramatic stories.

I never read comic books as a kid.

I didn't grow up on comics, and I read very few.

I learned to read very early so I could read the comics, which I then started to draw.

I never think that anything I'm writing is bluntly political in any way. I'm not going for commentary.

I'm not writing great literature. I'm writing commercial fiction for people to enjoy the stories and to like the characters.

I've had lots of commercial success. I've also had some terrible reviews and some wonderful reviews.

I haven't been very enthusiastic about the commercialization of children's literature. Kids should borrow books from the library and not necessarily be buying them.

The person that was closest to me growing up was my sister, who died at 19. She was an incredibly powerful girl, deeply committed to art and literature.

I've always loved the physical book and remain committed to it.