Personal experience is the basis of all real Literature. — George Henry Lewes

Reading a novel of a private experience, very, very different, the nature of it is very different. — Sydney Pollack
The hero of the book does long to experience God. But his conception of God is very western. — Orhan Pamuk
One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims. — George Henry Lewes
Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men. — George Henry Lewes
Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art. — George Henry Lewes