“I read as a survival strategy. I wake up every morning full of dread and disbelief. Then I start reading. Sometimes poems, sometimes history or books about dreams or consciousness. Once in a while I look at a few pages of “Sapiens,” by Yuval Noah Harari, or review “The Uninhabitable Earth,” by David Wallace-Wells. I read until I feel better. I‘m an optimistic person from then on.”
From this interview: https://nyti.ms/2UueEn2