“wherever the TV glows, there sits someone who isn't reading.”

“Isn't that why people keep diaries -- to be read by someone else? Why would they keep them otherwise?”

“Wherever I am, people always know
as if a spotlight were on me with its glow.”

“Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.”

“and sometimes I sit
down at my typewriter
and I think
not of someone
cause there isn't anyone
to think
about and i wonder
is it worth it”

“A drinking man's someone who wants to forget he isn't still young and believing”

“And as long as the world lasts, all who want to make progress in righteousness will come to Israel for inspiration, as to the people who have had the sense for righteousness most glowing and strongest; and in hearing and reading the words Israel has uttered for us, carers for conduct will find a glow and a force they could find nowhere else.”

“if a book isn't self-explanatory, then it isn't worth reading.”

“Reading a poem aloud by someone who understands it, can be a crucial experience, but better yet is reading it aloud oneself.”

“People don't read any more. It's a sad state of affairs. Reading's the only thing that allows you to use your imagination. When you watch films it's someone else's vision, isn't it?"

[Interview in, 15 October 2005]”