I was always taught that book keeping was more relevant than book reading. The only thing worth reading was meant to be a balance sheet.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.
On the other hand, I still approach each book with the same basic plan in mind - to put some people under severe stress and see how they hold up.
Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.
One of the maddening ironies of writing books is that it leaves so little time for reading others'. My bedside is piled with books, but it's duty reading: books for book research, books for review. The ones I pine for are off on a shelf downstairs.
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.
I don't read books regularly, because I'm always writing them. I've written 30 books, thousands of pages.
I only keep books that I like very much. Otherwise I'd throw them out.
It is much simpler to buy books than to read them and easier to read them than to absorb their contents.
Books have the power to be the light we are seeking at crucial moments in our lives. Reading helps us realize we are not alone, that we can change our circumstances and even achieve the impossible.
If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.