“When I went away to college, I marveled at the wealth of bookstores ar...” — John Updike Quote

“When I went away to college, I marveled at the wealth of bookstores around Harvard Square.”

“My complaint, as an exile who once loved New York and who likes to return a half-dozen times a year, is not that it plays host to extremes of the human condition: There is grandeur in that, and necessity.”

“Publishers are looking for blockbusters - all the world loves a megaseller.”

“As a small kid, I came across things like these early Edward Gorey books in department-store bookstores. These were these really unusual objects to me. I didn't know how they fit into the comic world or into newspaper comics.”

“Of course I always like going to bookstores, but at stores, you're mostly meeting kids who are already into reading.”

“Any given day, you'll find me at secondhand bookstores.”