It's good to know how to read, but it's dangerous to know how to read and not how to interpret what you're reading. Mike Tyson
Kids definitely go into bookstores after reading 'Twilight' and want something else like it. P.C.Cast
Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various facets of them. Lord Chesterfield
Like many authors, I caught the writing bug during my teenage years. I don't remember the exact day or year, but I remember that reading S.E. Hinton's 'The Outsiders' sparked my interest in writing. Ally Carter
Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious. Ramakrishna
My favorite books are a constantly changing list, but one favorite has remained constant: the dictionary. Is the word I want to use spelled practice or practise? The dictionary knows. The dictionary also slows down my writing because it is such interesting reading that I am distracted. Beverly Cleary
No characters in 'Stay Close,' including the leads, are black and white. I want them to be grey. I think that makes for a much more interesting reading experience, something that will stay with you a little bit longer. Harlan Coben
Of course, you always think about how it will be read. I always aim for a reading in one sitting. Joan Didion
One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. Ralph Waldo Emerson
One rainy Sunday when I was in the third grade, I picked up a book to look at the pictures and discovered that even though I did not want to, I was reading. I have been a reader ever since. Beverly Cleary
Reading and life are not separate but symbiotic. And for this serious task of imaginative discovery and self-discovery, there is and remains one perfect symbol: the printed book. Julian Barnes
Reading and writing are connected. I learned to read very early so I could read the comics, which I then started to draw. Margaret Atwood
Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will shortly be no older ones. Literacy will be dead, and democracy - which many believe goes hand in hand with it - will be dead as well. Margaret Atwood
Reading is a majority skill but a minority art. Yet nothing can replace the exact, complicated, subtle communion between absent author and entranced, present reader. Julian Barnes
Reading isn't good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bit I couldn't hit home runs. So I gave up reading. Babe Ruth
Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift. Kate DiCamillo