• I think you can tell, when you meet someone, whether they read novels or not. There is some little hollowness if they don't.

    Philip Hensher: I think you can tell, when you meet someone, whether they read novels or not. There is some little hollowness if they don't.
    "Philip Hensher: a life in writing" by Nicholas Wroe, www.theguardian.com. March 30, 2012.