Don't use your advance to buy an antique sports car, diamonds by the yard, or a bottle of wine from Thomas Jefferson's cellar instead of investing in your book.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Ever since the end of Medieval feudalism, and the writings of John Locke, we have understood the importance of being able to buy and sell one's own property, including books and watches, both for reasons of economics and liberty.
Give ordinary folk the chance to buy the same things as rich people.
I made my money the old-fashioned way; I inherited it. I think that's a great thing to do.
When you write a book, you are asking someone to make an investment in their time and money. A column can come and go as the weeks pass, but a book needs to be timeless.
You have to fight against being an antique.
Your second-hand bookseller is second to none in the worth of the treasures he dispenses.
One of the great things about books is you can afford to do anything.
A lot of my time is spent reading antique or out-of-print books of reference.
If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.
You can't buy time or save it, common idioms notwithstanding. You can only spend it.