I don't collect books just because other people collect them, and I'm not going to have books in my collection if I think it's badly written.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Digital texts are all well and good, but books on shelves are a presence in your life. As such, they become a part of your day-to-day existence, reminding you, chastising you, calling to you. Plus, book collecting is, hands down, the greatest pastime in the world.
I only keep books that I like very much. Otherwise I'd throw them out.
I collect books, primarily first-edition 20th-century fiction.
I've never really thought of writing books. I've never thought about stories as a part of a collection.
I don't keep any copies of my books in the house - they go to my mum's flat. I don't like them around.
I don't read books regularly, because I'm always writing them. I've written 30 books, thousands of pages.
I am a big book collector. I love books.
I don't keep any copy of my books around... they would embarass me. When I finish writing my books, I kick them in the belly, and have done with them.
I long for books; I am utterly greedy about them.
I collect books - a lot of books.