Authors:
  • I'm much more willing to buy a novel electronically by someone I don't know. Because if halfway through I think, I don't really like this, I can just stop. I can't throw books out, even if I think they're crummy. I feel like I've got to give it to the library. I've got to loan it to somebody, or I keep it on my shelf. It's like a plant.

    "The Authors' Roundtable". Interview with Jon Meacham, www.newsweek.com. June 26, 2009.