Since I make my living as a literary journalist, not a book scout, I spend inordinate amounts of time either reading or writing.

I'm sometimes willing to put in vast, even inordinate amounts of time if I find a project that interests me.

As book collectors know all too well: We only regret our economies, never our extravagances.

I have a hard time revising sentences, because I spend an inordinate amount of time on each sentence, and the sentence before it, and the sentence after it.

Basically, I think that most people either make too much money or not enough money. The jobs that are essential and important pay too little, and those that are essentially managerial pay far too much.

The goal of a just society should be to provide satisfying work with a living wage to all its citizens.