Were I more conversant with literature and its great names, I could go on quoting them ad infinitum and acknowledge my debt for the merit you have been generous enough to find in my work.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Tonight I should like to thank all those who have shared my work and to acknowledge the debt that I owe to my wife whose encouragement to put research before all other things has been a great strength to me.
I've always acknowledged my debt to Hammer. I've always said I'm very grateful to them. They gave me this great opportunity, made me a well known face all over the world for which I am profoundly grateful.
Growing up, books were my lifeline, and I owe a debt to those writers that can never be repaid. They saved my sanity and gave me a world I could escape to. If I can pay that forward to another person, that's all I ask.
Literature is my calling To hold up the mirror to my countrymen comes natural to me; and in the open field of invention I am not without hopes of giving them pleasure.
The fact is, unlike a lot of writers, I credit the people who help me. A lot of writers out there have a ton of researchers and they don't get credited in the book.
If you read literature, you put yourself in somebody else's shoes. You learn from great figures in literature.
When you read a piece of writing that you admire, send a note of thanks to the author.
As society diversifies, the number of people who read literature is decreasing. It will be difficult for readers to digest my ideas through literature.
I don't think if you're serious about literature your library is filled with award-winning books.
My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work.