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I think the essence of [Kurt] Vonnegut's humanism lay in his emphasis on human kindness as, so to speak, our saving grace.
— Michael Dirda
Science fiction is, after all, the art of extrapolation.
— Michael Dirda
Since I make my living as a literary journalist, not a book scout, I spend inordinate amounts of time either reading or writing.
— Michael Dirda
Order and surprise: these are two intertwined elements that make for any great library or collection.
— Michael Dirda
We learn best by placing our 'confidence in men and women whose examples invite us to love what they love'(Robert Wilken).
— Michael Dirda
As with a love affair, the battered heart needs time to recover from a good work of fiction.
— Michael Dirda
At the age of 14, I ran away from home for four days and hitchhiked around western Pennsylvania and southern Ohio.
— Michael Dirda
Near my desk, I keep a large plastic carton filled with fresh notebooks and stationery of various kinds, sizes, and qualities.
— Michael Dirda
None of us, of course, will ever read all the books we'd like, but we can still make a stab at it.
— Michael Dirda
Throughout history the exemplary teacher has never been just an instructor in a subject; he is nearly always its living advertisement.
— Michael Dirda
I once read that there are more biographical works about Napoleon Bonaparte than any other man in history.
— Michael Dirda
As book collectors know all too well: We only regret our economies, never our extravagances.
— Michael Dirda
I've always liked an easygoing, colloquial style. I like the kind of reviewer who is essentially a fellow reader, an enthusiast, a fan.
— Michael Dirda
Mentoring is the last refuge of the older artist. With luck, disciples will keep one's books in print, one's reputation alive.
— Michael Dirda
I sometimes lie awake at night and try to imagine what would be the best period in history to spend one's seventy-odd years.
— Michael Dirda
Books can be a source of solace, but I see them mainly as a source of pleasure, personal as well as esthetic.
— Michael Dirda
'The Admirable Crichton' is probably Barrie's most famous work after 'Peter Pan', nearly a pendant to that classic.
— Michael Dirda
I am something of an aficionado of thrift stores. In my youth, I regularly searched their shelves for old books.
— Michael Dirda
Any man's death diminishes us, but when an artist passes away, we lose not just an island but an entire archipelago.
— Michael Dirda
The world is a library of strange and wonderful books, and sometimes we just need to go prowling through the stacks.
— Michael Dirda
My wife tells me I should check out 'Downton Abbey', but I gather that series might be almost too intense for my temperate nature.
— Michael Dirda
Best selling authors are always worth listening to, even if you choose to ignore their advice.
— Michael Dirda
I didn't work for any newspapers in college, never worked for any newspaper before 'The Washington Post'.
— Michael Dirda
In my own case, my folks didn't actually object to comics, as many parents did, but they pretty much felt the things were a waste of time.
— Michael Dirda
With concerted effort, I can follow written instructions, but don't ask me to simply grasp how to operate a smartphone.
— Michael Dirda
Once upon a time, I sat in my mother's lap as she turned the pages of Golden Books, and I gradually learned to read.
— Michael Dirda
Like most people, I find watching the lazy and quiet underwater realm of a big aquarium exceptionally calming.
— Michael Dirda
. . the humanities encourage the development of our own humanity. They are our instruments of self-exploration.
— Michael Dirda
I think of my own work as part of a decades-long conversation about books and reading with people I will mainly never meet.
— Michael Dirda
What matters are those ordinary acts of kindness and of love, not vaulting ambition with its attendant hubris and smugness.
— Michael Dirda
Most scholarly books we read for the information or insight they contain. But some we return to simply for the pleasure of the author's company.
— Michael Dirda
I long ago ran out of bookshelf space and so, like a museum with its art, simply rotate my books from the boxes to the shelves and back again.
— Michael Dirda
I'm sometimes willing to put in vast, even inordinate amounts of time if I find a project that interests me.
— Michael Dirda
Adventurous reading allows one to escape a little from the provincialities of one's home culture and the blinders of one's narrow self.
— Michael Dirda
I suppose movie theaters are the churches of the modern age, where we gather reverently to worship the tinsel gods of Hollywood.
— Michael Dirda
I'm nothing if not a literary hedonist.
— Michael Dirda
What I enjoy about reviewing and writing for newspapers and periodicals is simply the chance to talk about all kinds of books and lots of them.
— Michael Dirda
Some travelers collect souvenirs, postcards, or bumper stickers; I bring home a pencil from the various places I visit.
— Michael Dirda
The goal of a just society should be to provide satisfying work with a living wage to all its citizens.
— Michael Dirda
