Books and bookcases cropping up in stuff that I've written means that they have to be reproduced on stage or on film. This isn't as straightforward as it might seem. A designer will either present you with shelves lined with gilt-tooled library sets, the sort of clubland books one can rent by the yard as decor, or he or she will send out for some junk books from the nearest second-hand bookshop and think that those will do. Another short cut is to order in a cargo of remaindered books so that you end up with a shelf so garish and lacking of character it bears about as much of a relationship to literature as a caravan site does to architecture. A bookshelf is as particular to its owner as are his or her clothes; a personality is stamped on a library just as a shoe is shaped to the foot. Alan Bennett
About This Quote

This quote is about the importance of having a bookshelf in the room. It is important to have books in your room to help stimulate your mind. Having a good library is also very good for your health because it makes you smarter and happier. The quote show that books are not just for reading but they are also an art.

Source: Keeping On Keeping On

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