America Quote by David Simon

We live in a moment and a culture when reading is really endangered. There's simply no way to write well, though, if you're not…

— Jennifer Egan

I got interested in the question of literacy because writers are always moaning about why more people don't read books. They long for the…

— Robert Hass

Reading is like breathing in and writing is like breathing out, and storytelling is what links both: it is the soul of literacy. The…

— Pam Allyn

“The ability to read, society tells us, contributes to success in education, employment, and citizenship. Reading is a democratic craft. Writing, in contrast, is…

— Roy Peter Clark

“People don't read any more. It's a sad state of affairs. Reading's the only thing that allows you to use your imagination. When you…

— Lemmy Kilmister

You have to have really wide reading habits and pay attention to the news and just everything that's going on in the world: you…

— Terry Pratchett

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

Being a reader is sort of like being president, except reading involves fewer state dinners, usually. You have this agenda you want to get…

— Nick Hornby

If Americans are to read something that is difficult, they will only do so supposing they will be admired for having done it.

— Jesse Ball

I really think that reading is just as important as writing when you're trying to be a writer because it's the only apprenticeship we…

— John Green

My suspicion is that once you have literacy in place, the readership has not changed very much.

— Robert Hass

I got interested in the question of literacy because writers are always moaning about why more people don't read books.

— Robert Hass