"There are three infallible ways of pleasing an author, the three form a rising scale of compliment: 1, to tell him you have read one of his works; 2, to tell him you have read all of his works; 3, to ask him to let you read the manuscript of his forthcoming work. No. 1 admits you to his respet; No. 2 admits you to his admiration; No. 3 carries you straight into his heart."

-Mark Twain (The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson)