People who say they read more write better.

The more you read, the more you will write. The better the stuff you read, the better the stuff you will write.

— Annie Dillard

There is no secret to success except hard work and getting something indefinable which we call 'the breaks.' In order for a writer to…

— Countee Cullen

To be a writer you should read, write and talk to people, hear their knowledge, hear their problems. Be a good listener. The rest…

— Jean Craighead George

“If you can't write, read. If you can't read, walk. Or walk and read, then write.”

— Joyce Rachelle

I will take classes in Kannada and will learn to read and write it.

— Nikita Thukral

May I ask you something?" I say. "Why do you read books, when you could be outside, living a million different adventures every day?"…

— Jodi Picoult

“He didn't say that. He read what was given to him in a speech.”

— Richard Darman

If you can't hear, what I'm tryna say. If you can't read, from the same page. Maybe I'm going deaf. Maybe I'm going blind.…

— Robin Thicke

One reason I like to highlight reading is, reading is the beginnings of the ability to be a good student. And if you cant…

— George W. Bush

When people come up to me and say, 'I read your book,' I'm thinking, 'How dare you! Who gave you a copy?'

— Steve Toltz

I read a lot of comics growing up. My mom used to say, 'Would you please read a book?' She was worried where I…

— Erica Durance

If you have something really important you want to say, you have to read your audience, I guess.

— Cary Fukunaga

“So I say to you read! Read! Something will stick in the mind, be diligent and good will come of it.”

— Sarah Vowell

I follow my own nose. So I read things that are different. People will always say to me, "Have you read Robert S. Bosco's…

— Mark Helprin

I read everything. When I say everything, I read everything: children's literature, Y.A., science fiction, fantasy, romance - I read it all. Each genre…

— Jesmyn Ward