When Literature Is Discovered, A Revelation Occurs:

Reading Is The Occupation Of The Insomniac Par Excellence.

Without Leskov There Would Be No Bulgakov, No Chekhov, But Also No Garca Mrquez And Julio Cortzar. . . . Leskov Is The Essential Storyteller: He Does Not Portray Life, He Creates It In All Its Wonder And Terror And Magic.

I Can Understand That There Are Those Who Can Think And Imagine The World Without Words, But I Think That Once You Find The Words That Name Your Experience, Then Suddenly That Experience Becomes Grounded, And You Can Use It And You Can Try To Understand It.

Books Read In A Public Library Never Have The Same Flavour As Books Read In The Attic Or The Kitchen.

In The Light, We Read The Inventions Of Others; In The Darkness We Invent Our Own Stories.