In a school community, someone who reads a book for some secretive purpose, other than discussing it, is strange. What was she reading for? - John Irving

Watch out for people who call themselves religious; make sure you know what they mean—make sure they know what they mean!

She drew the line at television. It took no effort to watch – it was infinitely more beneficial to the soul, and to the intelligence, to read or to listen – and what she imagined there was on TV appalled her.

Sigmund Freud was a novelist with a scientific background. He just didn’t know he was a novelist. All those damn psychiatrists after him, they didn’t know he was a novelist either.