Books Quote by Robert Benton

I think my dyslexia was a vital part of my development because my inability to read and write meant that I had to find…

— Joe Wright

You can write when you're dyslexic, you just can't read it. But I started writing short stories as a child and I found the…

— Billy Bob Thornton

At school I was really heavily dyslexic, so I really struggled academically with reading and writing.

— Freya Ridings

Reading was really my only training in fiction writing. I never took a class or read a book on how to write. I just…

— Stephenie Meyer

I used to love reading when I was little, and then it became difficult and I didn't understand why. I thought, what a bummer,…

— Jewel

I was diagnosed with dyslexia in third grade and had gone to a special school for it and then left the school. I'd learned…

— Maya Hawke

I learned to write fiction the way I learned to read fiction - by skipping the parts that bored me.

— Jonathan Lethem

Back when I was in school, few people understood dyslexia and what to do for it. My teachers thought I was lazy and not…

— Richard Branson

Once, I optioned a novel and tried to do a screenplay on it, which was great fun, but I was too respectful. I was…

— Gene Hackman

I was able to read a movie before I was able to read a book

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

I know a lot of writers who tell me they 'always' knew how to read. They can't remember a time before reading. And those…

— Kameron Hurley

Maybe because I began as a writer, I have a good ear for dialogue, and maybe being an English major - and that I…

— Owen Wilson