Ann Patchett Quotes

A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman is exact.

There's definitely a value in being literate.

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

Read everything! I believe that reading made me a writer.

Reading taught me how to write.

Learn as much by writing as by reading.

When I was little, I thought everyone in the world liked to read because it was so fun. But then I realised that was not exactly true. I want other kids to read and write more all over the world, because it helps them to understand things better.

Reading is No. 1 - I have to read, or I can't write.

You really can’t write unless you read. You have to know what the game is all about.

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

Who often reads, will sometimes wish to write.

A capacity, and taste, for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.

I think technique can be taught but I think the only way to learn to write is to read, and I see writing and reading as completely related. One almost couldn't exist without the other.

The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary.

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

People who don't read seem to me mysterious. I don't know how they think or learn about other people. Novels are a very important part of our education.

Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intellectual.

Reading and writing is so important, and it's something I am really keen to promote. It's something that can be a bit lost these days with so much else going on.

There's something magical about the idea that you can write something down and someone else can read it. I'm still mildly agog about that.

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

The biggest impact my father had on my life was teaching the importance of literacy.

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

I started writing as soon as I started reading.

If you took my reading and writing out of my head, I don't know who I would be.

Reading is a bridge to thought.