Nicholson Baker Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Nicholson Baker quotes and sayings page 2 (novelist). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 39 we have.
“Wikipedia flourished partly because it was a shrine to altruism.”
“I've never been a fast reader. I'm fickle; I don't finish books I start; I put a book aside for five, ten years and then take it up again.”
“Many good poets are really essayists who write very short essays.”
“You can register a political objection in a number of ways.”
“E.B. White's essays are the best things I've read about Maine - especially the one in which he's not sure if he can go out sailing any more in his sloop.”
“I really practiced hard and got to a certain level of technical proficiency. I overcame some of my limitations. I was a hard-working, dedicated bassoonist, but I have to say I'm not a natural musician.”
“I like shelves full of books in a library, but if all books become electronic, the task of big research libraries remains the same - keep what's published in the form in which it appeared.”
“The nice thing about a protest song is that it takes the complaint, the fussing, the finger-pointing, and gives it an added component of sociable harmony.”
“True, the name of the product wasn't so great. Kindle? It was cute and sinister at the same time - worse than Edsel, or Probe, or Microsoft's Bob. But one forgives a bad name. One even comes to be fond of a bad name, if the product itself is delightful.”
“Shoes are the first adult machines we are given to master.”
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