The music wasn't going to happen, and I realized I had read so little. I didn't know my way around any century. I was very under read. Nicholson Baker centuryhappenmusic Change image and share on social
I'm often called obsessive, but I don't think I am any more than anyone else. Nicholson Baker callobsessive Change image and share on social
I keep thinking I'll enjoy suspense novels, and sometimes I do. I've read about 20 Dick Francis novels. Nicholson Baker dickenjoyfrancis Change image and share on social
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Shoes are the first adult machines we are given to master. Nicholson Baker adultmachinemaster Change image and share on social
E.B. White's essays are the best things I've read about Maine - especially the one in which he's not sure if he can go out sailing any more in his sloop. Nicholson Baker essayhavemaine Change image and share on social
Maybe the Kindle was the Bowflex of bookishness: something expensive that, when you commit to it, forces you to do more of whatever it is you think you should be doing more of. Nicholson Baker bookishnessbowflexcommit Change image and share on social
Printed books usually outlive bookstores and the publishers who brought them out. They sit around, demanding nothing, for decades. That's one of their nicest qualities - their brute persistence. Nicholson Baker bookbookstorebring Change image and share on social
One's head is finite. You pour more and more things into it - surnames, chronologies, affiliations - and it packs them away in its tunnels, and eventually you find that you have a book about something that you publish. Nicholson Baker affiliationbookchronology share on social
