The Wait is Over

Rapper Kanye West has written a book.

His book is 52 pages -- some blank, others with just a few words -- and offers his optimistic philosophy on life. One two-page section reads, "Life is 5% what happens and 95% how you react!" Another page reads "I hate the word hate!"

West would rather write a book than, well, read one:

"Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed," West said. "I am not a fan of books. I would never want a book's autograph.

"I am a proud non-reader of books. I like to get information from doing stuff like actually talking to people and living real life," he said.

West, a college dropout, said being a non-reader was helpful when he wrote his book because it gave him "a childlike purity."

I think I'll wait for vacation, so I can take some time to get deeper into this book's complexities. Hat-tip: @mkhammer

Posted by John Kranz at May 27, 2009 7:26 PM