Ability Quote by Katherine Paterson

From a really young age, I was reading like a writer. I was reading for the deep understanding of the literature; not simply to…

— Jacqueline Woodson

The job of reading is to use stories as a way into seeing other people as we see ourselves

— John Green

Reading is a pleasure of the mind, which means that it is a little like a sport: your eagerness and knowledge and quickness count…

— Bennett Cerf

Reading is the creative center of a writer's life." -

— Stephen King

“On my website there's a quote from the writer Anthony Burgess: "The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles,…

— Simon Cheshire

I feel like reading really defined me as a writer because I lived my life outside of my own body for so much of…

— Stephenie Meyer

Reading is, at its best, not an escape; it is genuine experience. A novel is not a monologue, but a conversation, a collaboration between…

— Jonathan Evison

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

If you're a voracious reader and you write something that you want to read, odds are other people will want to read it, too.

— Tim Maleeny

Reading has always brought me pure joy. I read to encounter new worlds and new ways of looking at the world. I read to…

— Nancy Pearl

“Don't be afraid to write and share your story with the reading world! Find your courage! It is a fact that some will love…

— Anonymous

Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of themselves to the book, then they'll only see their…

— Ben Okri