Observing Quote by Toba Beta

Writings survive the years; it is by writings that you know Agamemnon, and those who fought for or against him. [Lat., Scripta ferunt annos;…

— Ovid

What works for eating and swimming might work for reading and writing.

— Matthew Healy

You must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.

— Confucius

The boy spends most of his time reading. And writing, of course. He copies out sections of books, writes out words and symbols he…

— Erin Morgenstern

“You're never as good a writer as you think you are, and you're never as bad. Just keep reading and writing, writing, writing.”

— Don Roff

I really struggled, growing up, with reading and writing. I had a hard time to do that, but I was really passionate about storytelling…

— Maya Hawke

When I went to school, I was already reading and writing. In fact, I was offended that the other kids couldn't.

— Eoin Colfer

“Reading and writing is an escape for me. Where I can imagine and become who I want to be when I want to be.…

— Zachary Frerichs

Reading and writing are the same thing; it's just one's the more active and the other's the more passive. They flow into each other.

— Jonathan Lethem

Both reading and writing are experiences--lifelong-- in the course of which we who encounter words used in certain ways are persuaded by them to…

— Eudora Welty

Writing has always allowed me to escape. I was a very lonely child. Because I was very socially awkward, I would always have trouble…

— Roxane Gay

Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will shortly be…

— Margaret Atwood