Frequently I have to almost force myself to read a novel that is on every one's lips.

The kind of reading that I have the greatest fondness for is biography.

I like to be sure that I am reading about a real man or a real thing.

I think I do not go too far when I say that I have read nearly every book and magazine article that has been written about Abraham Lincoln.

In literature he is my patron saint.
Out of the twelve months in a year I suppose that, on an average, I spend six months away from Tuskegee.