“There isn't any distinction between a reader and a writer – reading is so much a part of it.”

“You have to be a speedy reader because there’s so so much to read.”

“If you would be a good reader, read; if a writer, write.”

“So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.”

“The love between a writer and a reader is never celebrated.”

“Nor did I make any distinctions between great literature and any other kind. I just liked reading.”

“I have got so far as to lose the distinction between right and wrong. Isn't that the first step in politics?”

“The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason a reader reads one is to remember it.”

“Curiously enough, one cannot read a book: one can only reread it. A good reader, a major reader, an active and creative reader is a rereader ("Good Readers and Good Writers", p. 3).”

“There is no way of being almost funny or mildly funny or fairly funny or tolerably funny. You are either funny or not funny and there is nothing in between. And usually it is the writer who thinks he is funny and the reader who thinks he isn't.”