So Schopenhauer made a few points that I found interesting, particularly his analogy of the food we eat, and the things we read; that though we take it all in, only some of it becomes a part of us. When we read, we are just a pallet for another persons thoughts, and that we only accept the points which align themselves with our own way of thinking. Then what should it matter that we read "bad" literature? Though I concede that if we spent all our time reading, or, in the modern version, watching movies or TV, we would cease to have original ideas.
On the other hand, he also comes off as an arrogant, miserable little prick, and I was tempted to stab myself through the eyes halfway through the reading.
Just sayin'.