Books Quote by Ahmet Zappa Download Open image “I didn't read at all until I was 12. I just couldn't. It was too frustrating.” — Ahmet Zappa ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.0 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Frustrating
Well, I can't remember not being able to read. I was told I could read by myself very well at the age of three. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Of course, I've always read. I started when I was four years old and just didn't stop. I read all the time. — Francine Prose Copy Share Image
I hated to read. My mother could not get me to read. I'm going through the same thing with my daughter now. I love… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
I was reading at a third-grade level until the age of 30 before I made the decision that I was going to learn how… — Diamond Dallas Page Copy Share Image
In my early years I read very hard. It is a sad reflection, but a true one, that I knew almost as much at… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
When I was young, I didn't like to read. I would have much rather been outside doing something than been inside reading about it. — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
I learnt to read when I was five, and I think that is the most important thing that happened to me. — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
I learned to read at a young age and I have always read voraciously. It is one of the few things, aside from getting… — James Frey Copy Share Image
I hated reading - I was not a 'good kid' - but I was determined when I put my mind to something. — Susie Wolff Copy Share Image
When we had to do book reports, I would pick a book that no one read and just make it up and turn that… — Ahmet Zappa Copy Share Image
My parents told us how they felt but never imposed their beliefs on us, although I appreciate I got a healthy sense of democracy… — Ahmet Zappa Copy Share Image
I would ask my parents something, but then go to my siblings. We were encouraged to bounce ideas off everyone. — Ahmet Zappa Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to have a book published - it was a dream of mine, but the thought of actually writing a book made… — Ahmet Zappa Copy Share Image
I think what my father appreciated was the science experiment of life. He had these kids, and they had their own experiences. He wanted… — Ahmet Zappa Copy Share Image
The way this whole novel thing came together was, I sold them one bill of goods and then didn't communicate very well. I am… — Ahmet Zappa Copy Share Image
I had this whole ritual with my mother making the bed with me inside it so I would be invisible. — Ahmet Zappa Copy Share Image
At 12 I dropped out of school but I had lost interest in it at a much earlier age. For me, school was very… — Ahmet Zappa Copy Share Image
I miss my Dad. My Dad loved cheesy monster movies, so we'd have Godzilla movie marathons. Those are some of my favorite memories, laughing… — Ahmet Zappa Copy Share Image
I definitely have managed to overcome dyslexia now to become a fully functional human being but things were a lot more difficult when I… — Ahmet Zappa Copy Share Image
I picked books by their covers - the worse the cover, the more I wanted to read it. — Ahmet Zappa Copy Share Image
My father would often work all night and sleep during the day, so for us, dinner might be pancakes, and breakfast might be beef… — Ahmet Zappa Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
