Annie Proulx Quotes

What makes knowledge automatic is what gets you to Carnegie Hall - practice, practice, practice.

I read when I get up in the morning, when I can during the day and every single evening. Most of my weekends are spent reading great books. Books are my constant companions. If you eat three times a day you'll be fed. But if you read three times a day you'll be wise.

My mother taught me to read.

You learn to write by reading, and my experiences and tastes as a reader are pretty wide.

I think reading is important in any form. I think a person who's trying to learn to like reading should start off reading about a topic they are interested in, or a person they are interested in.

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.

A love of books, of holding a book, turning its pages, looking at its pictures, and living its fascinating stories goes hand-in-hand with a love of learning.

Miss a meal if you have to, but don't miss a book.

I'm always reading something.

I have always advised men to read.

I think that's not a question that one can answer accurately. I read a whole range of books, quite a lot of history at the time, and still do read a lot. I read very widely.

I'm a bookworm.

I had never attended high school, but I was fairly well read.

You got to become a student of the game. You got to learn the game before you can go out there and play fast.

I would always read a lot.

When I'm not training, I'm reading.

The important thing is that you 'read!'

I'm a student of the game.

I am a student of the game.

I'm a good learner. I am fond of reading and educating myself all the time.

Reading is the gateway skill that makes all other learning possible

To have much learning, to be skillful in handicraft, well-trained in discipline, and to be of good speech -- this is the greatest blessing.

Reading maketh a full man.

it is very well worthwhile to be tormented for two or three years of one's life, for the sake of being able to read all the rest of it.

Keep reading books, stay in school. I encourage kids to read as much as they can, I challenge you to read a book every two weeks, like I try to.