Joseph Campbell on how to read

Joseph Campbell (Creative Commons photo, source)

"When you find a writer who really is saying something to you, read everything that writer has written and you will get more education and depth of understanding out of that than reading a scrap here and a scrap there and elsewhere. Then to go people who influenced that writer, or those who were related to him, and your world builds together in an organic way that is really marvelous."

Joseph Campbell, The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work  (Source for quotation)