E. B. White Quote

In order to read one must sit down, usually indoors. I am restless and would rather sail a boat than crack a book. I've never had a very lively literary curiosity, and it has sometimes seemed to me that I am not really a literary fellow at all. Except that I write for a living.


Paris Review interview (1969)


In order to read one must sit down, usually indoors. I am restless and would rather sail a boat than crack a book. I've never had a very lively...

In order to read one must sit down, usually indoors. I am restless and would rather sail a boat than crack a book. I've never had a very lively...

In order to read one must sit down, usually indoors. I am restless and would rather sail a boat than crack a book. I've never had a very lively...

In order to read one must sit down, usually indoors. I am restless and would rather sail a boat than crack a book. I've never had a very lively...