Books Quote by Barbara Johnson

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial…

— B. F. Skinner

Reading literature is a way of reaching back to something bigger and older and different,

— Wendy Lesser

“Fiction has two uses. Firstly, it’s a gateway drug to reading. The drive to know what happens next, to want to turn the page,…

— Neil Gaiman

Reading is a way to take in the difficult situations and understand them. The whole point of reading a book in class is to…

— Julia Alvarez

Before college, I hadn't voluntarily read anything that might be called literature; I didn't think I'd understand it; I never seemed to understand my…

— Melissa Bank

Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once.

— Cyril Connolly

Literature speaks the language of the imagination, and the study of literature is supposed to train and improve the imagination.

— Northrop Frye

Literature is one of the few kinds of writing in the world that does not tell you what to buy, want, see, be, or…

— Barbara Kingsolver

We all know that reading is an invaluable life skill. It is vital for children in their education and as they take their place…

— Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

Too often students are being taught to read as if literature were some kind of ethics class or civics class—or worse, some kind of…

— Francine Prose

Reading develops cognitive skills. It trains our minds to think critically and to question what you are told. This is why dictators censor or…

— Karin Slaughter

Literature often gets taught nowadays as a record of the sins and shortcomings of the past. I see literature and the arts very differently:…

— Brian Boyd