Julia Glass Quotes

I've found that writers who don't read really can't write.

To be a writer, you must be a reader, yet as many as 30 per cent of my writing students were not readers.

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

My parents read to me a lot as a kid, and I started writing very early, probably spurred on by Aesop's fables. Then they gave me The Lord of the Rings way too early for me to fully understand what I was reading, which was actually kind of cool. It was almost better - comprehension's overrated when you're reading.

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

One thing that writers have in common is that they are readers first. They have read lots and lots of stuff, because they're just infested with lots of stuff.

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

I, personally, have found reading a continual support to writing.

I believe that writing is derivative. I think good writing comes from good reading.

Writers who don't read can't write well. It's that simple. The more you read, the better you read, the better you'll write. The upside is that you can't read too much, and even 'junk' reading can be constructive.

I read almost everything that comes my way.

Good description is a learned skill, one of the prime reasons why you cannot succeed unless you read a lot and write a lot. It’s not just a question of how-to, you see; it’s also a question of how much to. Reading will help you answer how much, and only reams of writing will help you with the how. You can learn only by doing.

The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor.

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.

Read much, but not many books.

I'm a known reader. That's what I do with my time.

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

I was given a dictionary when I was seven, and I read it because I had nothing else to read. I read it the way you read a book.

I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke to my brother, I would write down my thoughts. And I think I wrote some of the worst poetry west of the Rockies. But by the time I was in my 20s, I found myself writing little essays and more poetry - writing at writing.

I've always felt that writing can be learned but not really taught. The best thing somebody can do for you is to put the right book in your hands at the right time. I grew up in a family where the right book was always being put in my hands.

I read, therefore I'm interested in writers.

We live in a moment and a culture when reading is really endangered. There's simply no way to write well, though, if you're not reading well.

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 and writing are connected. I learned to read very early so I could read the comics, which I then started to draw.

Read, read, read, read and then read some more.