We should think about what we mean by literacy. If you say, "He's a very literate person," what you really mean is… — Seymour Papert Copy Share Image
Editors never buy manuscripts that are left on the closet shelf at home. — John W. Campbell Copy Share Image
The reader has certain rights. He bought your story. Think of this as an implicit contract. He's entitled to be entertained, instructed,… — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
When I was in college I was an English major and my last year or so I tutored high school students in… — Michael Ealy Copy Share Image
The earliest known writing probably emerged in southern Mesopotamia around 5,000 years ago, but for most of recorded history, reading and writing… — Tom Chatfield Copy Share Image
“Their [girls] sexual energy, their evaluation of adolescent boys and other girls goes thwarted, deflected back upon the girls, unspoken, and their… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
For anyone who is: just keep writing. Keep reading. If you are meant to be a writer, a storyteller, it'll work itself… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
Deleting 200 spams a day is a drag. And I was checking my email constantly, rather than getting on with my real… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
“If they were afloat on the sea, and blind in the fog — they didn’t even know what direction they should turn… — Cynthia Voigt Copy Share Image
I was well traveled, and I created this illusion of literacy through reading and writing. I wrote a book of short stories. — Tom T. Hall Copy Share Image
“Adults have an amazing capacity to suck the joy out of such noble pursuits as Reading and Writing until they resemble their… — P.J. Bracegirdle Copy Share Image
A novelist has two lives-- a reading and writing life, and a lived life. he or she cannot be understood at all… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
“Does doing something old with new technology mean that I’m teaching with technology and that I’m doing so in a way as… — Troy Hicks Copy Share Image
I like reading and writing, and I am a trained classical dancer. — Sobhita Dhulipala Copy Share Image
Give the villagers village arithmetic, village geography, village history and the literary knowledge that they must use daily, i.e. reading and writing… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“What do you learn at school, then?" "We learn about the Prophet and his three hundred authenticated miracles,and about Abraham and Isaac… — Louis de Bernières Copy Share Image
I believe that reading and writing are the most nourishing forms of meditation anyone has so far found. By reading the writings… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“He enjoyed reading and writing. He liked words. Words didn't shout or make loud noises, which pretty much defined the rest of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“If I had never changed my mind about what I wanted in a relationship or about what I wanted out of a… — Chad Eastham Copy Share Image
