Quotes about Read and Write

To read and write is a paradise. Votes: 3

I read and write classical piano and percussion, also guitar. Votes: 3

Every child must be taught how to think, read and write. Votes: 3

Every child should be taught how to think, read and write. Votes: 3

Everyone must be given the opportunity to think, read and write. Votes: 3

I like to read and write and take pictures and bike. Votes: 3

The first slave to read and write was the first to run away. Votes: 3

So Liam and movies are obviously big passions, and I read and write. Votes: 3

I understand English; I read and write English perfectly, but the accent won't go away. Votes: 3

A man who wants time to read and write must let the grass grow long. Votes: 3

Best gift you give your kids is to learn them how to read and write". Votes: 3

A country that does not know how to read and write is easy to deceive. Votes: 3

I learned to read and write and socialize in school, and that's pretty much it. Votes: 3

Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled. Votes: 3

The ratio of literacy to illiteracy is constant, but nowadays the illiterates can read and write. Votes: 3

Education is not simply to learn to read and write. It's emancipation. It makes you free. Votes: 3

Were you here in the bad old days? ... That's why you can't read and write then! Votes: 3

I grew up thinking that you were supposed to read and write all your waking hours. Votes: 3

I can read and write. I went to school for six years. I just couldn't continue. Votes: 3

The difference between people who can read and write and those who can't is just absolutely astronomical. Votes: 3

The more fiction you read and write, the more you'll find your paragraphs forming on their own. Votes: 3

She asked me could I read and write. I told her, "Of course, and I can talk too. Votes: 3

To read and write will help you understand life. . .to sew and mend will help you survive it. Votes: 3

Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write! Votes: 3

My father must have had some elementary education for he could read and write and keep accounts inaccurately Votes: 3

When I'm in America, I like to be near the sea, listen to music, watch films, read and write. Votes: 3

Not being able to read and write music is not the same as being illiterate in speech and writing. Votes: 3

If we learned to walk and talk the way we learn to read and write, everyone would limp and stutter. Votes: 3

Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom-box. Votes: 3

What our children need more than to learn to read and write and add and subtract is to know Jesus Christ. Votes: 3

Just a little every day That's the way Children learn to read and write Bit by bit and mite by mite. Votes: 3

To me many short poems read and write like beginnings that simply whet my appetite; I want to get over that. Votes: 3

We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. Votes: 3

A movement got started for common schools, and by the end of the 19th century, 91 percent of Americans could read and write. Votes: 3

Education is not complete unless we teach our children not only how to read and write but the difference between right and wrong. Votes: 3

I send my kids to school not only to learn how to read and write and do math, but also to develop socially. Votes: 3

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. Votes: 3

We expect the states to show us whether or not we're achieving simple objectives-like literacy, literacy in math, the ability to read and write. Votes: 3

At night I read and write, and things I have never understood become clear; I reap the harvest of the rest of the year's planting Votes: 3

Through lack of education, we're not teaching kids to read and write. So there is the danger that you raise up a generation of morons. Votes: 3

I speak Mandarin and can read and write a little. I took a few classes at Harvard to get better in my reading and writing skills. Votes: 3

The whites, who are educated and civilized, swindle me, and I am not hard to swindle because I do not know how to read and write. Votes: 3

I was lucky because my mum was a teacher and showed me how to read and write. But most importantly, she encouraged me to use my imagination. Votes: 3

Fortunately for me, or unfortunately, they made me an editor of the Parish Prison Pelican. I could read and write, and I had a way with words. Votes: 3

It's actually very hard to find an area of the economy that doesn't fundamentally change in the measure that we are able to read and write life code. Votes: 3

Yes, I can speak a bit and I can read and write in Russian. I learned it from my grandmother who raised me with all the Russian fairytales. Votes: 3

To help people in the third world get educated and learn how to read and write is so important. I mean it is such an important human right. Votes: 3

I loathed every day and regret every day I spent in school. I like to be taught to read and write and add and then be left alone. Votes: 3

First step is to read and write but the major Education start when we are able to translate and tranform on everything we reads, get contact and spoken of. Votes: 3

We all rely on technology to communicate, to survive, to do our banking, to shop, to get informed, but none of us knows how to read and write the code. Votes: 3

My father used to say that you could only access culture before cinema by learning to read and write, but that once cinema was invented, knowledge was available to anybody. Votes: 3

It was never easy, but I always tried my best and kept complaints out of my heart by holding tightly onto the hope that one day, I would read and write. Votes: 3

When I was five years old, my parents gave me a magic chest. I learned to cast spells, although of a childish kind, before I had learned to read and write. Votes: 3

I think my dyslexia was a vital part of my development because my inability to read and write meant that I had to find knowledge elsewhere so I looked to the cinema. Votes: 3

I read and write for most of the day, but I do let myself be interrupted by real life. I enjoy going out with friends and try not to take myself too seriously. Votes: 3

I'm perfectly happy when I look out at an audience and it's all women. I always think it's kind of odd, but then, more women than men, I think, read and write poetry. Votes: 3

There are all kinds of ignorance in the world. Education, learning to read and write, doesn't necessarily give us knowledge. We have to learn to use our minds to see what is really happening. Votes: 3

An important aspect of the current situation is the strong social reaction against suggestions that the home language of African American children be used in the first steps of learning to read and write. Votes: 3

Now that we can read and write the genetic code, put it in digital form and translate it back into synthesized life, it will be possible to speed up biological evolution to the pace of social evolution. Votes: 3

There is no secret to success except hard work and getting something indefinable which we call 'the breaks.' In order for a writer to succeed, I suggest three things - read and write - and wait. Votes: 3

The idea there were kids out there who didn't love to read and write just as much as I did struck me. So I went around schools and tried to make other kids love to read and write. Votes: 3

I live near San Francisco in the most beautiful spot on earth and enjoy myself in many ways. Yes, I love to work, which for now is to think and read and write, so it's all a dream come true. Votes: 3

The best training is to read and write, no matter what. Don't live with a lover or roommate who doesn't respect your work. Don't lie, buy time, borrow to buy time. Write what will stop your breath if you don't write. Votes: 3

But the most precious research to me came from the paperwork filed on behalf of my grandparents and great-grandfather. The ship's manifest showed that they could read and write. I am still emotional when I look at those boxes checked yes. Votes: 3

MindSparks has produced some of the best materials on the market for teaching students how to read and write history with intellectual integrity and depth. Rarely have I come across curriculum so useful in helping students become literate, thinking citizens. Bravo. Votes: 3

I didn't go to high school. I think that after you learn to read and write and do your numbers and flush the toilet behind yourself, you don't need no more schoolin'. You need to get out in the water and swim. Votes: 3

In Bengali class, Gogol is taught to read and write his ancestral alphabet, which begins at the back of his throat with an unaspirated K and marches steadily across the roof of his mouth, ending with elusive vowels that hover outside his lips Votes: 3

To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society. I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me. But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. Votes: 3

I think segregation is bad, I think it's wrong, it's immoral. I'd fight against it with every breath in my body, but you don't need to sit next to a white person to learn how to read and write. The NAACP needs to say that. Votes: 3

The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all other woes of mankind, is wisdom. Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom box. But it is quite another thing to open the box. Votes: 3

My grandfather, Jesse Bowman, was of Abenaki Indian descent. He could barely read and write, but I remember him as one of the kindest people I ever knew. I followed him everywhere. He showed me how to walk quietly in the woods and how to fish. Votes: 3

It is no longer enough to simply read and write. Students must also become literate in the understanding of visual images. Our children must learn how to spot a stereotype, isolate a social cliche, and distinguish facts from propaganda, analysis from banter and important news from coverage. Votes: 3

I attended school regularly for three years. I learned to read and write. 'Lamb's Tales' from Shakespeare was my favourite reading matter. I stole, by finding, Palgrave's 'Golden Treasury.' These two books, and the 'Everyman' edition of John Keats, were my proudest and dearest possessions, my greatest wealth. Votes: 3

My wife is my in-home editor and reads everything I write. Votes: 1

Read as much as you can, and then sit down and write. Votes: 1

I write contemporary fiction, and that is what my readers want to read. Votes: 1

Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend. Votes: 1

If you continually write and read yourself as a fiction, you can change what's crushing you. Votes: 1

I don't read novels, but my semiotics study influenced everything about the way I read and edit and write. Votes: 1

That's why I write fiction, because I want to write these stories that people will read and find universal. Votes: 1

There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can read balance sheets cannot write. Votes: 1

One can't write without having read - you have to read before beginning to write - and universities offer a very good opportunity to read. Votes: 1

If you are going to write, say, fantasy - stop reading fantasy. You've already read too much. Read other things; read westerns, read history, read anything that seems interesting, because if you only read fantasy and then you start to write fantasy, all you're going to do is recycle the same old stuff and move it around a bit. Votes: 1

But authors before they write should read. Votes: 0

Write the book you want to read Votes: 0

I don't read books, I write them. Votes: 0

Write the book you'd want to read. Votes: 0

More people write poetry than read it. Votes: 0

People who say they read more write better. Votes: 0

Write like no one's going to read it ! Votes: 0

Read like a butterfly, write like a bee. Votes: 0

I write what I would like to read. Votes: 0

Read a lot. Write a lot. Have fun. Votes: 0

Just write every day of your life. Read intensely. Votes: 0

It's harder to read code than to write it. Votes: 0

I can read and arrange, but I can't write. Votes: 0

Let us dare to read, think, speak and write. Votes: 0

Read. Read 1000 pages for every 1 page that you write. Votes: 0

I write romance because I love to read romance. Votes: 0

Read critically, write consciously; speak clearly; tell your truth! Votes: 0

There are more writers who read than readers who write. Votes: 0

When I want to read a novel, I write one. Votes: 0

I'm a storyteller; I write what I want to read. Votes: 0

Many who resort to crime ultimately can't read or write. Votes: 0

Read a lot, write a lot is the great commandment. Votes: 0

We often read with as much talent as we write. Votes: 0

You write to be read. That is the bottom line. Votes: 0

History is what we read, write and think about the past. Votes: 0

You want to write something as good as what you've read. Votes: 0

Sometimes you want to read what people write about you, obviously. Votes: 0

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow. Votes: 0

Read in order to write, but paint in order to paint. Votes: 0

Read like a detective and write like a conscientious investigative reporter. Votes: 0

If Russians knew how to read, they would write me off. Votes: 0

If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write. Votes: 0

To write you had to read so I backed into reading. Votes: 0

If you write for the critics, only the critics will read you. Votes: 0

Why don't you write books people can read?(to her husband James) Votes: 0

The great mass of humanity should never learn to read or write. Votes: 0

Desire to learn.Desire to read.Desire to think.Desire to write. Votes: 0

You must write, and read, as if your life depended on it. Votes: 0

When I read good stories, I want to write good stories too. Votes: 0

To be a good writer... read a lot and write every day. Votes: 0

A man is not learned until he can read, write and swim. Votes: 0

We write by the light of every story we have ever read. Votes: 0

Write the book you want to read, the one you cannot find. Votes: 0

Most rats read. Our frustration is, we cannot hold a pen to write. Votes: 0

Write. Rewrite. When not writing or rewriting, read. I know of no shortcuts. Votes: 0

The Six Golden Rules of Writing: Read, read, read, and write, write, write. Votes: 0

Dogs read the world through their noses and write their history in urine. Votes: 0

I am a recluse at present & do nothing but write & read & read & write Votes: 0

Don't write down to your readers. The ones dumber than you can't read. Votes: 0

Eunice Parchman killed the Coverdale family because she could not read or write. Votes: 0

Never write on a subject until you have read yourself full of it. Votes: 0

I just write the books that I think I would want to read. Votes: 0

I read Write More, Sell More a few years ago and loved it. Votes: 0

I like to read fiction best and I like to write fiction, too. Votes: 0

The only wat to get better at writing is to write. And read. Votes: 0

There is no way to write unless you read, and read a lot. Votes: 0

I read in order to write. I read out of obsession with writing. Votes: 0

never write a line you'd be ashamed to read at your own funeral. Votes: 0

Rise early. Write. Disappoint your sons. Read the newspaper. Go to bed early. Success. Votes: 0

write what readers want to read, which isn't necessarily what you want to write. Votes: 0

To read is to cover one's face. And to write is to show it. Votes: 0

Read everything. If you haven't read everything, you'll never be able to write anything. Votes: 0

Those who read in a second language write and spell better in that language. Votes: 0

I write in a noisy, distracting world so the books can be read there. Votes: 0

The beach is not a place to work; to read, write or to think. Votes: 0

You should make it hard on yourself to write so you're easier to read. Votes: 0

Don't read Variety. Don't listen to gossip. Don't live in L.A., and write. Votes: 0

When I want to read something nice, I sit down and write it myself. Votes: 0

Write the book you've always wanted to read, but can't find on the shelf. Votes: 0

I read to know the past, I write to express my love for the future. Votes: 0

Well, I think everything I've ever read contributes to the background from which I write. Votes: 0

I write because I don't know what I think until I read what I say. Votes: 0

We write our lives indeed, But in a cipher none can read, Except the author Votes: 0

Children are like a book which we should write in and which we should read. Votes: 0

When I read, it is not acted literature; but what I write is written acting. Votes: 0

More books have resulted from somebody's need to write than from anybody's need to read. Votes: 0

I learned to write from authors. I didn't know any, but I read their books. Votes: 0

The fastest way to teach a child to read is to teach them to write. Votes: 0

If you want to read a perfect book there is only one way: write it. Votes: 0

He could hardly read or write but his heart spoke the language of the good Votes: 0

You shouldn't say anything mean about people who can't read. You should write it instead. Votes: 0

When you write a book for publication, you're writing it for other people to read. Votes: 0

I don't read much of what I write because I worry about unintentionally borrowing something. Votes: 0

If you read good books, when you write, good books will come out of you. Votes: 0

Indie authors write, design, sell. Like magic, skip one and you make must read vanish. Votes: 0

You're a reader as well as a writer, so write what you'd want to read. Votes: 0

I write for the same reason I read: because it's all there is for me. Votes: 0

The wisest man I ever knew in my whole life could not read or write. Votes: 0

I can play just about any keyboard but I can't read or write a note. Votes: 0

I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in. Votes: 0

When Toni Morrison said 'write the book you want to read,' she didn't mean everybody. Votes: 0

I don't believe for one moment you can write well what you wouldn't read for pleasure. Votes: 0

Write the best book you possibly can, then dedicate yourself to getting people to read it. Votes: 0

Most writers write books that they wouldn't read. I ought to know; I've done it myself. Votes: 0

Sometimes if there's a book you really want to read, you have to write it yourself. Votes: 0

Stalin didn't write any memoirs. He was too secretive. He was afraid people might read them. Votes: 0

I read hungrily and delightedly, and have realized since that you can't write unless you read. Votes: 0

I've always tried to write the kind of book I most loved to read: character-centered adventure. Votes: 0

How could we have improved ourselves, if we had not dared to read, learn and write~? Votes: 0

How could we have improved ourselves, if we had not dared to read, learn and write? Votes: 0

What a joy Mary Jo Putney is to read; she can't write fast enough for me. Votes: 0

I don't write my own publicity materials, I just read 'em and give 'em the OK. Votes: 0

To tell the truth, I don't read children's books. I'm an adult. I just write them. Votes: 0

If there is a book you want to read but isn`t written yet,write it. Votes: 0

I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don't like to read. Votes: 0

The Intuitive one can read where the Master doesn't write and listen where the Master doesn't talk. Votes: 0

The artists who want to be writers, read the reviews; the artists who want to write, don't. Votes: 0

Everyone should read, we say, but we act as if only those with special talent should write. Votes: 0

Read as widely as possible, and write every day, even if it's as little as three sentences. Votes: 0

The world may be divided into people that read, people that write, people that think, and fox-hunters. Votes: 0

I'm a fan myself, so I try to write the kind of comics I want to read. Votes: 0

I love poetry, read it a lot, but make no claim to being able to write it. Votes: 0

Silence has many advantages…I write and draw in my notebook and I read anything I please. Votes: 0

I myself never make any notes. Usually, if I write something down, I can't read it afterwards. Votes: 0

I love you now as I write this, and I love you now as you read this Votes: 0

Read and write with a sensitive ear. The craft of writing is very important. Practice the craft. Votes: 0

To read, write, and converse in due proportions, is, therefore, the business of a man of letters. Votes: 0

I always read poetry before I write, to sensitize me to the rhythms and music of language. Votes: 0

Work. Write. Read. Keep putting words on the page, because that's the only way you'll get better. Votes: 0

I always write out of a need to read something, rather than a need to write something. Votes: 0

You really can't write unless you read. You have to know what the game is all about. Votes: 0

If you feel the urge to write, just lie down and read a book: it will pass. Votes: 0

Poetry says the things that I can't say. I read a lot, but I never write it. Votes: 0

Writing is a divine art, and the more I write and read the more I love it. Votes: 0

... to write well it is entirely necessary to read widely and deeply. Good poems are the best teachers. Votes: 0

Why a ghost story? Well, I love them. They're fun to read - and, yes, fun to write. Votes: 0

If people would write exactly what I wanted to read I wouldn't feel so compelled to write myself Votes: 0

If I could only write, I'd write a nasty letter to the mayor, if he could only read. Votes: 0

I'm my own "ideal reader" in the sense that I write novels that I would want to read. Votes: 0

If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the time or the tools to write. Votes: 0

I write about the men you want to read about but don't necessarily want to be married to. Votes: 0

All my life I have been trying to learn to read, to see and hear, and to write. Votes: 0

I write five pages a day. If you would read five pages a day, we'd stay right even. Votes: 0

The ability to write and read books is one of the things that transformed us as a species. Votes: 0

Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read. Votes: 0

When I read it, I don't wince, which is all I ever ask for a book I write. Votes: 0

A native of America who cannot read or write is . . . as rare as a comet or an earthquake. Votes: 0

Mysteries I read for fun, so I will probably never write one, for fear of spoiling the fun. Votes: 0

I actually remember celebrating National Poetry Day at school; I remember having to write and read a load. Votes: 0

To be a well-favoured man is the gift of fortune; but to write and read comes by nature. Votes: 0

Don't write what you think people want to read. Find your voice and write about what's in your heart. Votes: 0

I write and read with the assumption that literature contains knowledge of human experience that is not available otherwise. Votes: 0

Three Rules for Literary Success: 1. Read a lot. 2. Write a lot. 3. Read a lot more, write a lot more. Votes: 0

People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them. Votes: 0

Writer advice... Write. Finish things. Go for walks. Read a lot & outside your comfort zone. Stay interested. Daydream. Write. Votes: 0

If you have not done things worthy of being written about, at least write things worthy of being read. Votes: 0

I think the major good idea in Unix was its clean and simple interface: open, close, read, and write. Votes: 0

Everyone writes the book he or she loves to read. Great authors write the books others love to read. Votes: 0

To write an autobiography of Groucho Marx would be as asinine as to read an autobiography of Groucho Marx. Votes: 0

Write,' she said, 'as if you'll never be read. That way you'll be sure to tell the truth. Votes: 0

I want to sleep like the birds then wake to write you again without hope that you read me. Votes: 0

It is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be able to do nothing else. Votes: 0

Fundamentally I think we all write the kinds of work we'd most like to read. Or we try to. Votes: 0

If they won't write the kind of books we like to read we shall have to write them ourselves. Votes: 0

I write the kinds of novels I like to read, where the setting is rendered with love and care. Votes: 0

I don't read books on how to write screenplays just because I'm stubborn. So it's all sort of made up. Votes: 0

I knew that if I was going to write a book, I was going to have to read one, too. Votes: 0

There is no doubt that it is more difficult to read and more difficult to write but I still manage. Votes: 0

Let us tenderly and kindly cherish therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write . Votes: 0

Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write. Votes: 0

I write entertainment. There are some books you read but don't inhale. There are books that will change your life. Votes: 0

Just because you can read, write and do a little math, doesn't mean that you're entitled to conquer the universe. Votes: 0

I can write orchestrations, but I can't sight-read music and play at the same time. I don't have enough facility. Votes: 0

I never before knew the full value of trees. Under them I breakfast, dine, write, read and receive my company. Votes: 0

I want to write the sort the book that my people want to read, even if the market is small. Votes: 0

I probably read 100 times more than I write, but that way when I move my characters through it, I know. Votes: 0

I learned to write fiction the way I learned to read fiction - by skipping the parts that bored me. Votes: 0

The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read. Votes: 0

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. Votes: 0

If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that. Votes: 0

I rely heavily on rhythm when I write. You should tap your foot when you read it, all the way through. Votes: 0

In my position you have to read when you want to write and to talk when you would like to read. Votes: 0

I have proved by actual trial that a letter, that takes an hour to write, takes only about 3 minutes to read! Votes: 0

You've got to be willing to read other people's code, then write your own, then have other people review your code. Votes: 0

I think that if you write what you love to read, that will be what your audience wants to read, too. Votes: 0

I don't just strictly sample. I build. I'm a musician: I play piano and drums, I read notes, I write music. Votes: 0

People who read poetry have heard about the burning bush, but when you write poetry, you sit inside the burning bush. Votes: 0

I don't read music. I don't write it. So I wander around on the guitar until something starts to present itself. Votes: 0

I read so I might live a thousand lives in a lifetime. I write to control the particulars in those lives. Votes: 0

I write what I'd like to read and just hope that, along the way, others might like to read them, too. Votes: 0

So many of my relatives didn't get a chance to go to school, and my own Daddy couldn't read or write. Votes: 0

The philosophy of hedonism means little to lovers of pleasure. They have no inclination to read philosophy, or to write it. Votes: 0

Primary goal for the author: 'Write what you mean to say'Primary goal for the reader: 'Read what the author actually writes Votes: 0

I have tried for much of my life to write as if I was composing my sentences to be read posthumously. Votes: 0

I write not only what I want to read...I write all the things I should have been able to read. Votes: 0

I think fiction writers write what they do because no one else has written it and they want to read it. Votes: 0

For some reason when I write in cursive, it's easier and flows better for me to read that when I print. Votes: 0

Read a lot. Read broadly... Tell stories to your friends, and pay attention to when they get bored... Write a lot. Votes: 0

Young writers should read books past bedtime and write things down in notebooks when they are supposed to be doing something else. Votes: 0

I'm not an angry person. When I write, the lawyer in me tries to make it as easy to read as possible. Votes: 0

Story always tells us more than the mere words, and that is why we love to write it, and to read it. Votes: 0

I would love to write something that people would still read 50 or 100 years from now. That comes with growing older, I think. Votes: 0

I think the cardinal rule of learning to write is learning to read first. I learned to write by learning to read. Votes: 0

You can't write well what you don't read for pleasure. If it doesn't entertain you, it's not going to entertain anyone else. Votes: 0

A man who means to think and write a great deal must, after six and twenty, learn to read with his fingers. Votes: 0

The more you read, the more you will write. The better the stuff you read, the better the stuff you will write. Votes: 0

It's easier to teach a poet how to read a balance sheet than it is to teach an accountant how to write. Votes: 0

I always read what I write out loud, and I did that long before any radio thing. My editor finds that unusual. Votes: 0

I write in the morning, I walk in the afternoon and I read in the evening. It's a very easy, lovely life. Votes: 0

Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science. Votes: 0

He never ever learned to read or write so well, but he could play his guitar like he was ringing a bell. Votes: 0

I love to read, and I love to write. I love to read. You have no idea how many books I have. Votes: 0

Evolution loves death more than it loves you or me. This is easy to write, easy to read, and hard to believe. Votes: 0

I have written a book. This will come as quite a shock to some. They didn't think I could read, much less write. Votes: 0

I started to write book reviews as a means of recording my thoughts about what I'd read before all memory of them vanished. Votes: 0

My grandmother died in childbirth, and my great-aunt lived with us. She had bound feet. She never knew how to read or write. Votes: 0

It's important to write a mystery novel where the takeaway is not a giveaway - where something could be read over and over. Votes: 0

I want to write books that can be read a hundred years from now, and readers wouldn't be bogged down by irrelevant details. Votes: 0

Romance novels are my favorite books to read. I write young adult romances, and am so happy to be promoting this wonderful genre. Votes: 0

The source of our suffering has been our timidity. We have been afraid to think....Let us dare to read, think, speak, write. Votes: 0

I don't need to write a memoir of my life. All you need to do is read one of my books. I'm there. Votes: 0

Read as much as you can. Write only when you feel the inner need to do so. And don't ever rush into print. Votes: 0

If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you will never read, you have done rare things. Votes: 0

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either. Votes: 0

Understood what the struggle was about. My mother. Couldn't read or write, but she had more sense than many a graduate from Harvard. Votes: 0

The best way for a beginner to write for animation is to closely watch animated films, then read the screenplays for them afterwards. Votes: 0

I have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, everywhere. The only way to write poetry is to read it. Votes: 0

I tried to depict the human face of this history, I wanted to write a book that people would actually want to read. Votes: 0

If you write thrillers or mysteries or horror fiction or quote-unquote speculative fiction, men might read you, and the 'Times' might notice you. Votes: 0

I was lucky to have read a lot of poetry when I was younger; it helped me to remember a way to write. Votes: 0

I have no interest in non-fiction. I don't read it and don't watch it and don't write it, other than a little journalistic column. Votes: 0

Mental health is seen as a massive drag to have to write about - worthy, dull. Something you should 'have' to read / write about. Votes: 0

I always individuate myself from other writers who say they would die if they couldn't write. For me, I'd die if I couldn't read. Votes: 0

The charms of women were never more powerful never inspired such achievements, as in those immortal periods, when they could neither read nor write." Votes: 0

I don't want to write for adults. I want to write for readers who can perform miracles. Only children perform miracles when they read. Votes: 0

The charms of women were never more powerful never inspired such achievements, as in those immortal periods, when they could neither read nor write. Votes: 0

Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority. Votes: 0

I first started writing fiction in college because I was attracted to beautiful sentences. I loved to read them. I wanted to write them. Votes: 0

Indeed, learning to write may be part of learning to read. For all I know, writing comes out of a superior devotion to reading. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Everything I write, I read out loud. It has to sound a certain way. It has to look a certain way on the page. Votes: 0

The same parts of my brain get as excited as when I study bio or read a novel and write a paper on it. Votes: 0

Read at the level at which you want to write. Reading is the nourishment that feeds the kind of writing you want to do. Votes: 0

The time comes in life when we have read enough. It's time to stop reading. It's time to lay down the books and write. Votes: 0

Everything I do is very visual and very aural, so I don't read music, and I draw as much as I write out lyrics. Votes: 0

Everything that you read is an influence on everything you write, and you want to draw as many elements into your work as you can. Votes: 0

For me, language is something that I've always loved. When I read, that's what I look for. When I write, that's what I strive for. Votes: 0

Never write an advertisement which you wouldn't want your family to read. You wouldn't tell lies to your own wife. Don't tell them to mine. Votes: 0

If more people could read, write, and comprehend, we could be much closer to solving so many of the other problems our country faces today. Votes: 0

There're no novels that I like to read so I write my own novels, and then I read them again, and it's the best thing. Votes: 0

Read anything I write for the pleasure of reading it. Whatever else you find will be the measure of what you brought to the reading. Votes: 0

The Internet is a fantastic, strange place where you can write an open letter and be reasonably assured that people are going to read it. Votes: 0

Most writers need to write. I write for money, really. If I won the lottery, I would never write another word. I would rather read. Votes: 0

A whole army, though they can neither write nor read, are not afraid of a platform... therefore a whole army is afraid of one man. Votes: 0

Definition of rock journalism: People who can't write, doing interviews with people who can't think, in order to prepare articles for people who can't read. Votes: 0

Unless I'm writing trying to write about a historical figure, I don't really set out to read or research with a specific topic in mind. Votes: 0

I read what I like to write: romantic suspense. I also love thrillers and novels of suspense, but I can't handle extreme violence and torture. Votes: 0

Face it, you have to be sort of an egomaniac to write something down and think that anyone is going to want to read it. Votes: 0

In Hollywood the woods are full of people that learned to write but evidently can't read. If they could read their stuff, they'd stop writing. Votes: 0

Vanity is so secure in the heart of man that everyone wants to be admired: even I who write this, and you who read this. Votes: 0

For any writers at all, read everything you can and then put your butt in the chair and write. That's all there is to it. Votes: 0

People think I'm educated because I talk and write well, but the fact is I never finished high school. I've read a lot, is all. Votes: 0

If you truly love a book, you should sleep with it, write in it, read aloud from it, and fill its pages with muffin crumbs. Votes: 0

There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read. Votes: 0

For me they go hand in hand. When I travel it makes me want to write, when I read it makes me want to travel. Votes: 0

I became fascinated by the fact that people write to give away rather than write to be read. It's the difference between playwrights and novelists. Votes: 0

I learned to write by listening to people talk. I still feel that the best of my writing comes from having heard rather than having read. Votes: 0

I love to read and I love to write. I love to read. You have no idea how many books I have. I love to sing. Votes: 0

There are three difficulties in authorship: to write anything worth publishing, to find honest men to publish it, and to find sensible men to read it. Votes: 0

Serious people make a decision to read your fully story before they write you off. Don't worry about those who don't have time to know you. Votes: 0

I can still boss people around. I can still write. I can still read. I can still eat, and I can still have very strong views. Votes: 0

If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read by persons who move their lips when they're reading to themselves. Votes: 0

To be a writer you should read, write and talk to people, hear their knowledge, hear their problems. Be a good listener. The rest will come. Votes: 0

I never learned to read or write music. Never wanted to fool with scales. That was boring, forced. The music I heard was free - flowing. Votes: 0

Making reading an enjoyable activity for children is a challenge. So I ensure that I write in a way that is fun for children to read. Votes: 0

I really love fantasy. I have to say it is my favourite genre to read and one of the genres I love the most to write. Votes: 0

I want story, wit, music, wryness, color, and a sense of reality in what I read, and I try to get it in what I write. Votes: 0

I read about writers who have routines. They write at certain times of the day. I can't do that. I am always writing-but in my head. Votes: 0

Writing is literally transformative. When we read, we are changed. When we write, we are changed. It's neurological. To me, this is a kind of magic. Votes: 0

That's what I do. Watch movies and read. Sometimes I even pretend to write, but I'm not fooling anyone. Oh, and I go to the mailbox. Votes: 0

Write what you would love to read. Finish what you begin to write. Your voice is uniquely yours and we are all waiting to hear it. Votes: 0

I wouldn't know how to write a weak female character. I read so much epic fantasy growing up, where you have these sword-wielding, in-your-face warrior maidens. Votes: 0

I hardly ever think about audience. I just try to tell a story for me. I write the kind of story I would like to read. Votes: 0

I would never tell myself, you have to write 20 pages today or something. But I do try to show up. Read what I wrote, fix things. Votes: 0

Just write every day of your life. Read intensely. Then see what happens. Most of my friends who are put on that diet have very pleasant careers. Votes: 0

I read what I write over and over and make corrections and improvements, until I reach the conclusion that the material deserves to stand on its own. Votes: 0

I just write what I want to read, and sometimes keeping it interesting means adding one more element that ends up adding another year to the work. Votes: 0

Never write on a subject without first having read yourself full on it; and never read on a subject till you have thought yourself hungry on it. Votes: 0

In the year 2000 an illiterate person will not be someone who can't read or write, but someone who is not able to learn, unlearn and learn again. Votes: 0

Stop them damn pictures! I don’t care what the papers write about me. My constituents can’t read. But, damn it, they can see the pictures! Votes: 0

Now that I'm being very successful, publishers are trying to mainstream me, but I'm unabashedly genre. It's what I like to read, what I like to write. Votes: 0

After a while, you start to realize that you should write a book you would want to read. I try to write a book I would enjoy. Votes: 0

For a man to write well, there are required three necessaries: to read the best authors, observe the best speakers, and much exercise of his own style. Votes: 0

I think we often write because we feel a loneliness, and people read for the same reason, and then they come away feeling a little less lonely. Votes: 0

Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them. Votes: 0

Writing isn't just on the page; it's voices in the reader's head. Read what you write out loud to someone-anyone-and you will catch all kinds of things. Votes: 0

Between rounds of speed chess I read enough of a programming manual to teach myself to write programs on the school's DEC mainframe in the language Basic. Votes: 0

Having an intelligent secretary does not get rid of the need to read, write, and draw, etc. In a well functioning world, tools and agents are complementary. Votes: 0

Now that I'm being very successful, publishers are trying to mainstream me, but I'm unabashedly genre. It's what I like to read, what I like to write Votes: 0

O white-robed Angel, guide my timorous hand to write as on a lofty rock with iron pen the words of truth, that all who pass may read. Votes: 0

Today I write,riots with insite!Tomorrow I read,take the lead!Sometimes I sleep, health to keep!But for now I write,and got no gripe! Votes: 0

Most of the people who write to me are really clever, really engaged. They just want to say that they have read my book and liked it. Votes: 0

There are three good things in this world. One is to read poetry, another is to write poetry, and the best of all is to live poetry. Votes: 0

I love reading epic fantasies and big fat books and so I really wanted to write one. I think you always write what you want to read. Votes: 0

If you want to learn a thing, read that. If you want to know a thing, write that; if you want to master a thing, teach that. Votes: 0

I think you have to read a lot. I think if you're going to write about something you better have read at least 100 books on that topic. Votes: 0

My advice to aspiring writers is to read more, write more, and network more. More, more, and more. Then, after you've done all that, do it some more. Votes: 0

Imagine a school with children that can read or write, but with teachers who cannot, and you have a metaphor of the Information Age in which we live. Votes: 0

My brain is dull, my sight is foul, I cannot write a verse, or read-- Then, Pallas, take away thine Owl, And let us have a lark instead. Votes: 0

It's a fair-sized job to write a book that people can be bothered just to read; when they begin to steal copies, you are really getting some place. Votes: 0

Mathematics is a language. We want scientists to be able to read it, speak it, and write it. But we are are not training them to be grammarians. Votes: 0

I write about what haunts me, and I write the books I myself am dying to read. I love it. I can't think of anything I'd rather do. Votes: 0

Writers don't write writing, they write reading. When I was a kid, I read four or five books a week. And that is how I became a writer. Votes: 0

I read a lot of autobiographical stories, and I write plays and prose. And I play piano and cello. A lot of my downtime is devoted to that. Votes: 0

Often turn the stile [correct with care], if you expect to write anything worthy of being read twice. [Lat., Saepe stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint Scripturus.] Votes: 0

Good education means learning to read, write and most importantly learn how to learn so that you can be whatever you want to be when you grow up. Votes: 0

The books I write because I want to read them, the games because I want to play them, and stories I tell because I find them exciting personally. Votes: 0

I cannot imagine a sorrier pursuit than struggling for years to write a book that attempts to appeal to people who do not read in the first place. Votes: 0

Don't focus on the words i write,pay attention to the ones i don't.These lines won't tell you much about me,try to read in between these lines. Votes: 0

I believe the term "blog" means more than an online journal. I believe a blog is a conversation. People go to blogs to read AND write, not just consume. Votes: 0

I wanted to write at school - to write funny stories which the teacher might ask me to read out to the class. It's all basically about showing off. Votes: 0

I've loved thrillers and spy stories since I was a kid. It's probably not a bad rule of thumb to write the kinds of stories you love to read. Votes: 0

He can neither read nor write and in him broods already a taste for mindless violence. All history present in that visage, the child the father of the man. Votes: 0

I write from my imagination, not from what I've read in books or seen on TV or to make money. I wrote from an idea I was passionate about. Votes: 0

I don't like to read things that people write about me. I'd rather read what kids have to say about me, because it's not their profession to do that. Votes: 0

To write what is worth publishing, to find honest people to publish it, and get sensible people to read it, are the three great difficulties in being an author. Votes: 0

I'm writing exactly the kinds of books I like to write. And they're the kinds of books I like to read. They're popular commercial fiction. That's what they are. Votes: 0

Next to doing things that deserve to be written, nothing gets a man more credit, or gives him more pleasure than to write things that deserve to be read. Votes: 0