Books Quote by Chinua Achebe

We are deceiving ourselves if we believe that a literary work written and published in a country where 70 per cent of the population…

— Zakaria Tamer

I think writers are not only writers, they are also citizens.

— Chinua Achebe

For a writer you have to be interested in different cultures, different backgrounds. You are not there to write only about your village. You're…

— Paulo Coelho

A nation that does not read much does not know much. And a nation that does not know much is more likely to make…

— Jim Trelease

In the year 2000 an illiterate person will not be someone who can't read or write, but someone who is not able to learn,…

— Alvin Toffler

Illiteracy is a huge problem in America. One in three adults in our country is illiterate.

— Roseanne Barr

It's the same with this idea of a literate public, and also of a democracy in which people have access to and really read…

— Robert Hass

“Illiteracy is simply the inability to read and write.”

— Sunday Adelaja

I'm probably one of the few authors in this country who could very comfortably live off my writing.

— Ravi Subramanian

Illiteracy is rampant. People are out of communication.

— Karen Black

I certainly think it's very important that writers as citizens - not necessarily as writers, but just as ordinary citizens - should talk about…

— Vikram Seth

One of the things that amazes me is the amount of functional illiteracy in this country... people can't read to get around, or people…

— Edward Albert