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I know in this time of great technological advancement, the idea of reading a book seems almost anachronistic, but I think it's worth preserving.

The age of the book is almost gone.

I would say that, in the future, the book will be reserved for things that function best as a book. So, if I need a textbook that's going to be out of date because of new technological inventions, you're better off having it where you can download the supplements or the update.

I sometimes feel that if your book sells more than 20 years, then there's something in it that you can say, gee, I did something that endures, that's timeless.

The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop.

It breaks my heart that we are always being nudged toward the most recently published books, when so many worthy books have gone unexplored.

I hate those e-books. They cannot be the future. They may well be.

The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to.

I hope for so much from every book I read. And time and again, I find myself disappointed. I look across my bookshelves and see hundreds of titles which in my memory seem merely mediocre or second-rate. Only occasionally does a novel appear for which I feel a lasting passion, a book that I think could in time become a classic.