“You can't judge a book by its cover. It is what's inside that counts. This is true, of course, and yet one of the real pleasures of books is the way they look, and he way they feel when read and held in the hands. The joy of any great book lies in its prose, as your imagination soars when the words run through your mind, but for me the way I *see* a book is just as important. There is a certain physicality to a book as a special object.
- From "The Writer's Map" chapter "Symbols and Signs”