Michael Dirda

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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
since , make , living
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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
adventurous , reading , escape
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Writers keep writing and publishers publishing - it never grows boring.

Michael Dirda
writers , keep , writing
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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
think , own , work
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Books can be a source of solace, but I see them mainly as a source of pleasure, personal as well as esthetic.

Michael Dirda
books , source , see
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I'm nothing if not a literary hedonist.

Michael Dirda
nothing , literary
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I'm an appreciator. I love all kinds of books, and I want others to love them, too.

Michael Dirda
love , kinds , want
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'The Admirable Crichton' is probably Barrie's most famous work after 'Peter Pan', nearly a pendant to that classic.

Michael Dirda
admirable , most , famous
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I didn't work for any newspapers in college, never worked for any newspaper before 'The Washington Post'.

Michael Dirda
work , any , newspapers
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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
always , liked , like
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I suppose movie theaters are the churches of the modern age, where we gather reverently to worship the tinsel gods of Hollywood.

Michael Dirda
suppose , movie , theaters
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I once read that there are more biographical works about Napoleon Bonaparte than any other man in history.

Michael Dirda
once , read , more
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The savagery and power of Edith Wharton's ghost stories surprised me.

Michael Dirda
savagery , power , ghost
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Any man's death diminishes us, but when an artist passes away, we lose not just an island but an entire archipelago.

Michael Dirda
any , death , diminishes
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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
none , will , ever