Belief Quote by Sherman Alexie

I don't believe in lecturing people. It's much more effective to present reading as a fun, rewarding pastime.

— James Patterson

I learned from my parents the idea that, if you are devoted enough and you want to study something enough, you can really teach…

— Brit Marling

I never was a big believer that you can teach writing per se.

— Elizabeth Berg

There is a certain amount you can learn from reading, but you also need to see and experience things.

— James Forman, Jr

I don't think anybody can teach anybody anything. I think that you learn it, but the young writer that is as I say demon-driven…

— William Faulkner

All you can teach is understanding. The rest comes on its own.

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

You stay teachable most by reading books. By reading what other people went through.

— Jim Mattis

I think I learned a lot from reading in general - even from reading badly written books.

— Margaret Haddix

It would be better if you began to teach others only after you yourself have learned something.

— Albert Einstein

One can learn anything, anything at all, I thought, if provided by a gifted and passionate teacher.

— Pat Conroy

No one can teach writing, but classes may stimulate the urge to write. If you are born a writer, you will inevitably and helplessly…

— Cynthia Ozick

You know, I want to teach, but I don’t want to read?

— Jim Gaffigan