Ambition Quote by Pat Conroy

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

— Stephen King

“Reading is a full contact sport; we crash up against the wave of words with all of our intellectual, imaginative, and emotional resources. What…

— Thomas C. Foster

Reading yields a wish to write, I think, except if the reading is dull and uninspiring.

— Joyce Carol Oates

“At times I wondered whether writing was not a solipsistic luxury in countries like mine, where there were scant readers, so many people who…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

Reading has been the fuel of my motivation: it has changed the direction in which I have traveled, and it has enhanced my creative…

— Zig Ziglar

Reading is like travel, allowing you to exit your own life for a bit, and to come back with a renewed, even inspired, perspective.

— Laurie Helgoe

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

Reading is a stouthearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-it-ness.

— Irving Stone

Reading is an escape, an education, a delving into the brain of another human being on such an intimate level that every nuance of…

— Cynthia Heimel

Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intellectual.

— Jorge Luis Borges

Books have the power to be the light we are seeking at crucial moments in our lives. Reading helps us realize we are not…

— Gioconda Belli

Every well-written book is a light for me. When you write, you use other writers and their books as guides in the wilderness.

— Kate DiCamillo