The thing I have been doing my whole life in my free time is reading. And I have been forcing the people that I love to read the books that I love. That’s what it means to be a reader. It’s to read a book and say to your friend, ‘You have got to read this.’ Now I have a place where strangers come in every day and I can force them to buy the books that I love. And what’s more, I can take awaythe books that they almost are buying and say ‘this is no good’. and I do. Every day. if I talk to you and you seem bright and you’ve got a Nick Sparks book in your hand I am going to take it away from you. A lot of people have been asking me about “50 Shades of Grey” I have no problem with you reading porn, but read good porn. Get your Anias Nin.
– Ann Patchett, at a library book reading I attended
