“I am very grateful to the electronic world for making my life easier, but there is something about holding a book - the smell and the world of association. Even when e-books are perfected, as they surely will be, it will be like being in bed with a very well-made robot rather than a warm, soft, human being whom you love.” WorldHumansWellsMadeBookHuman BeingsEasierBedGratefulWarmSmellAssociationRobots Author:Anne Fadiman
“One of the convenient things about literature is that, despite copyrights [...] a book belongs to the reader as well as to the writer.” WellsBookLiteratureReaderDespiteConvenientCopyright Book:At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays Source: At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays
“Muses are fickle, and many a writer, peering into the voice, has escaped paralysis by ascribing the creative responsibility to a talisman: a lucky charm, a brand of paper, but most often a writing instrument. Am I writing well? Thank my pen. Am I writing badly? Don't blame me blame my pen. By such displacements does the fearful imagination defend itself.” WritingWellsDoeVoiceImaginationResponsibilityCreativeLuckyPaperBlameInstrumentsBrandsCharmPensFearfulMuseFickleParalysisDisplacementBlame MeWriting WellTalismansLucky CharmsDon't Blame Me Author:Anne Fadiman
