What a sense of superiority it gives one to escape reading some book which everyone else is reading.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm always imposing my taste in books on others. I hope that people enjoy being surprised by a book they might not otherwise read - I enjoy the surprise myself when others do this to me.
One of the great rewards of a writer's life is that it lets you read all the books you want to without feeling guilty.
Most people - and particularly people whose lives have nothing to do with books at all - are intrigued by the idea that somebody wants to listen to them and get it right.
Seeing people who are actually reading your book and listening to the wide variety of reactions they have to it, is really special.
Perhaps the greatest reading pleasure has an element of self-annihilation. To be so engrossed that you barely know you exist.
Adventurous reading allows one to escape a little from the provincialities of one's home culture and the blinders of one's narrow self.
I'm not being naive; I realise there's no such thing as a pure reading. But I'd rather keep myself as far out of it as I can.
When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it.
A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.