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William Collins quotes: Any book without a mistake in it has had too much money spent on it.

Any book without a mistake in it has had too much money spent on it.

William Collins quotes: Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.

Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.

William Collins quotes: Prior to Wordsworth, humor was an essential part of poetry. I mean, they don't call them Shakespeare comedies for nothing.

Prior to Wordsworth, humor was an essential part of poetry. I mean, they don't call them Shakespeare comedies for nothing.

William Collins quotes: I think humor is a very serious thing. I use it as a way of weakening the reader's defenses so that I can more easily take him to something more.

I think humor is a very serious thing. I use it as a way of weakening the reader's defenses so that I can more easily take him to something more.

William Collins quotes: By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung.

By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung.

William Collins quotes: Words like feminism or democracy scare me. They are words with barnacles on them, and you can't see what's underneath.

Words like feminism or democracy scare me. They are words with barnacles on them, and you can't see what's underneath.

William Collins quotes: In numbers warmly pure and sweetly strong.

In numbers warmly pure and sweetly strong.

William Collins quotes: How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest!

How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest!

William Collins quotes: When a writer becomes a reader of his or her own work, a lot can go wrong. It's like do-it-yourself dentistry.

When a writer becomes a reader of his or her own work, a lot can go wrong. It's like do-it-yourself dentistry.

William Collins quotes: Beloved, till life can charm no more; And mourned, till Pity's self be dead.

Beloved, till life can charm no more; And mourned, till Pity's self be dead.