Katharine Lee Bates Quotes

Writing in India will not dramatically change till we learn to value books.

As a kid, I didn't read a great deal of fiction, and I've forgotten most of what I did read.

Japan, Germany, and India seem to me to have serious writers, readers, and book buyers, but the Netherlands has struck me as the most robust literary culture in the world.

I don't even know how people read new fiction anymore because there's so much old fiction that exists that seems great that's unread. It's overwhelming to me. But, I mean, I do read. But there probably haven't been many people less literate than me that have been in 'The Paris Review.'

In a sense, there's a great truth to that, but, also I was a great reader.

It distresses me that parents insist that their children read or make them read. The best way for children to treasure reading is to see the adults in their lives reading for their own pleasure.

I come from a family of great readers and storytellers.

The myth that everyone once read great literature is just a myth.

Our house was awash in books, and my mother doled out her favorites like they were special treats - which they were.

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial achievement. Being inclined to go on reading is a great achievement.

I love the fact that 'Flowers for Algernon' is doing its part to get people reading.

Real men read my books.

The best way to get kids reading more is to give them books that they'll gobble up - and that will make them ask for another.

I believe we should spend less time worrying about the quantity of books children read and more time introducing them to quality books that will turn them on to the joy of reading and turn them into lifelong readers.

I've always loved words. I ate up all the books I could get my hands on, and when I couldn't get books, I read candy wrappers and labels on cereal and toothpaste boxes.

As a writer, you should care about reluctant readers. You want these kids to feel like books are amazing and cool and that they're an escape.

My mom was really of the belief that, as long as you were reading anything, it was okay. Just read.

I read a whole lot as a child, and, of course, I still read children's books.

It's hard recommending books for kids, and a huge responsibility. If you get it wrong, they don't tell you they hate that particular book, they tell you they hate reading.

The end of reading is not more books but more life.

I don't really read a lot. Maybe I should.

I don't really read books. Wish I did.

I'm ashamed to admit this, but I didn't read a novel all the way through until after high school. Blasphemy, I know. I'm an author now. Books and words are my world.

My love of reading and the English language is something given to me by my parents, and I've passed it on to my children.

I've always been a big reader.