“Children are bad enough--children are rude, selfish, greedy, and unthinking individuals who are unable to distinguish between their own selfish wants and needs and the wants and needs of others. And adults are children with money, alcohol, and power.” — Ian Sansom Copy Share Image
“Everyone loved a good reader. And he'd always loved being a great reader - until recently. Maybe it was just part of getting older,… — Ian Sansom Copy Share
“But then twitching nervously in the presence of a librarian wasn't an uncommon response—librarians, like ministers of religion, and poets, and people with serious… — Ian Sansom Copy Share
“Massive changes may have occurred in libraries in recent years, with new digital resources and services supplementing the old traditional resources and services, the… — Ian Sansom Copy Share
“Children are bad enough--children are rude, selfish, greedy, and unthinking individuals who are unable to distinguish between their own selfish wants and needs and… — Ian Sansom Copy Share
“Israel had always thought that growing up was simply something that happened to you: you grew taller, more dextrous, you acquired language, learned to… — Ian Sansom Copy Share
“the kind of child who seemed to start reading without anyone realising or noticing,” — Ian Sansom Copy Share
“[L]ibrarians, like ministers of religion, and poets, and people with mental health disorders, can make people nervous.” — Ian Sansom Copy Share
“Israel was thinking of warm beer, and muffins, and Wensleydale cheese, and Wallace and Gromit, and the music of Elgar, and the Clash, and… — Ian Sansom Copy Share
If there is a lack of specificity in Grossman's description of the town and the walkers, and if the story perhaps sometimes becomes lost… — Ian Sansom Copy Share
If you're going to be a writer, you're going to write because you have to. It's not like other arts and not nearly as… — Ian Sansom Copy Share
