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Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands a deep book, until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.

Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it.

He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are.

I don't think I could set a book in a place without knowing it really well.

Books should make somebody look at how they feel, be honest with themselves.

No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.

You work hard on a book and throw it out there and then it's beyond your control.

The writer probably knows what he meant when he wrote a book, but he should immediately forget what he meant when he's written it.

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.

I think it's more important to write something that brings men back to reading than it is to write for people who already read. There's a reason men don't read, and it's because books don't serve men. It's time we produce books that serve men.