In no way am I demeaning writing or any other form of art because it's popular. What I'm … - Alberto Manguel

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Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor.

Alberto Manguel

In no way am I demeaning writing or any other form of art because it's popular. What I'm saying is that anything fed into the industrial machinery to comply with rules of size and length and shelf-life has a hard time surviving as art.

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Old or new, the only sign I always try to rid my books of (usually with little success) is the price-sticker that malignant booksellers attach to the backs. These evil white scabs rip off with difficulty, leaving leprous wounds and traces of slime to which adhere the dust and fluff of ages, making me wish for a special gummy hell to which the inventor of these stickers would be condemned.

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The starting point is a question.

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In any of my pages in any of my books may life a perfect account of my secret experience of the world.

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Old books that we have known but not possessed cross our path and invite themselves over. New books try to seduce us daily with tempting titles and tantalizing covers.

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reading is at the beginning of the social contract

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