When I really want to be soothed and reminded of why people bother to fiddle with sentences, I often read poetry. – Nicholson Baker
Footnotes are the finer-suckered surfaces that allow testicular paragraphs to hold fast to the wider reality of the library. – Nicholson Baker
In my case, adulthood itself was not an advance, although it was a useful waymark. – Nicholson Baker
Wikipedia is just an incredible thing. It is fact-encirclingly huge, and it is idiosyncratic, careful, messy, funny, shocking and full of simmering controversies – and it is free, and it is fast. – Nicholson Baker
As an actor, there is room for a certain amount of creativity, but youre always ultimately going to be saying somebody elses words. I dont think Id have the stamina, skill or ability to write a novel, but Id love to write short stories and poetry, because those are my two passions. – Daniel Radcliffe