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What I would most like to think they would take away, is what I take away when I read my favorite books. Which is the… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
To be a writer you should read, write and talk to people, hear their knowledge, hear their problems. Be a good listener. The rest will… — Jean Craighead George
I believe that if a child has a feel for writing and wants to write, there is an audience. Children should just dive in and… — Jean Craighead George
Isn't it odd how much fatter a book gets when you've read it several times? — Cornelia Funke
Weâ€™re suggesting that [kids are] missing something if they donâ€™t read but, actually, weâ€™re condemning kids to a lesser life. If you had a sick… — Walter Dean Myers
I think it's difficult for young people to acknowledge being smart, to knowledge being a reader. I see kids who are embarrassed to read books.… — Walter Dean Myers
The world is a beautiful book, but of little use to him who cannot read it. — Carlo Goldoni
I had got this far, and was thinking of what to say next, and as my habit is, I was pricking the paper idly with… — Petrarch
Whence shall come the new barbarians? Go through the squalid quarters of great cities, and you may see, even now, their gathering hordes! How shall… — Henry George
Listen closely. Thereâ€™s a remote possibility that you might learn something: First, I donâ€™t give a damn if my work is commercial or notâ€¦Iâ€™m the… — John Fante
It's always better to have too much to read than not enough. — Ann Patchett
You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. — Cesar Chavez
You will read in the newspaper more often about federal courts, but the law that affects people, the trials that affect human beings are by… — Stephen Breyer
I think segregation is bad, I think it's wrong, it's immoral. I'd fight against it with every breath in my body, but you don't need… — Clarence Thomas
Before they read words, children are reading pictures. — David Wiesner
It is a blessing to get old. It is a blessing to find the time to do the things, to read the books, to listen… — Maurice Sendak
My advice to would-be young authors is to read a lot, write a lot, and not worry about creating a finished product. Keeping a journal… — Kevin Henkes
To tell the truth, I don't read children's books. I'm an adult. I just write them. — William Steig
My goal with The Adventures of Captain Underpants was to invent a style which was almost identical to that of a picture book - in… — Dav Pilkey
Everything that you read is an influence on everything you write, and you want to draw as many elements into your work as you can. — Walter Jon Williams

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