Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you're two steps ahead!.

Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you're two steps ahead!.

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture; it's a really stupid thing to want to do.

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture; it's a really stupid thing to want to do.

Some on commission, some for the love of learning, some because they have nothing better to do or because they read more

Some on commission, some for the love of learning, some because they have nothing better to do or because they hope these walls of books will deaden the drumming of the demon in their ears.

I don't have to be careful, I've got a gun

I don't have to be careful, I've got a gun

In judging others, folks will work overtime for no pay.

In judging others, folks will work overtime for no pay.

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all.

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all.

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language read more

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry.

The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.

The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.

Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written.

Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written.