Deeper Quote by Guy Claxton

Some people there are who, being grown; forget the horrible task of learning to read. It is perhaps the greatest single effort that the…

— John Steinbeck

Indeed, learning to write may be part of learning to read. For all I know, writing comes out of a superior devotion to reading.

— Eudora Welty

Reading is the way out of ignorance, and the road to achievement.

— Benjamin Carson

Little learning and much pride come of hasty reading.

— Charles Spurgeon

Free voluntary reading results in better reading comprehension, writing style, vocabulary, spelling, and grammatical development

— Stephen D. Krashen

Learning to write . . . is a desperately idiosyncratic, eccentric, single-souled, lifelong quest.

— Bret Lott

“rising familiarity with a text and fluency in reading it can create an illusion of mastery.”

— Peter C. Brown

“For days and weeks on end one racks one's brains to no avail, and, if asked, one could not say whether one goes on…

— W.G. Sebald

“Reading is a dialog with oneself; it is self-reflection, which cultivates profound humanity. Reading is therefore essential to our development. It expands and enriches…

— Daisaku Ikeda

Learning to write is learning to think. You don't know anything clearly unless you can state it in writing.

— S. I. Hayakawa

“There is massive evidence that self-selected reading, or reading what you want to read, is responsible for most of our literacy development. Readers have…

— Krashen Stephen D

“Learning to read – really read, that is, to spend hours alone lost in a book – requires example and solitude, and is best…

— Andrew Cook