Since I make my living as a literary journalist, not a book scout, I spend inordinate amounts of time either reading or writing. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes amount book inordinate
Books don't only furnish a room: they also make the best holiday gifts. Michael Dirda bookfurnishgift Change image and share on social
A job should bring enough for a worker and family to live on, but after that, self-realization, the exercise of one's gifts and talents, is what truly matters. Michael Dirda bringexercisefamily Change image and share on social
Close friends, or those in my pay, sometimes call me a literary polymath, while others say that I'm just a shallow dilettante, superficial and breezy, with a faux-naif style. Michael Dirda breezycallclose Change image and share on social
Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle. Mike Tyson beginbookcycle Change image and share on social
I do read a lot, and I think in recent years the ratio between the amount of non-fiction and fiction has tipped quite considerably. I did read fiction as a teenager as well, mostly because I was forced to read fiction, of course, to go through high school. Daniel Tammet amountconsiderablyfiction share on social
I might be deceiving myself but I do not think that I do have an inordinate fear of death. A. N. Wilson deathdeceivefear Change image and share on social