Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.

I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.

I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.

The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.

The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

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.

I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of read more

I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of power.

By words the mind is winged.

By words the mind is winged.

Satire is often the reflection of a kind of moral nausea.

Satire is often the reflection of a kind of moral nausea.

Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion.

Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion.