Lee Pace Quotes

There will always be non-readers, bad readers, lazy readers - there always were.

I can't promise that every child with learning differences will become a novelist, but I do think all children can become lifelong readers.

I've been dyslexic and had Attention Deficit Disorder at some time in my life. I still read with a highlighter, but I've always loved to read.

I didn't learn how to read until I was at the end of fifth grade and 11 years old and held back.

The only thing that everyone needs to look out for is keeping the students reading through high school and thereafter.

It was hard for my father to read; it took him a long time, but he had tremendous retention and tremendous appreciation for writing.

Every child's taste is different. Don't worry if they're not reading 'War and Peace' at age 12. First, build a good foundation and a positive attitude about reading by letting them pick the stories they enjoy. Make friends with a bookseller or librarian. They are a wealth of information on finding books that kids enjoy.

I had a lot of reading problems growing up.

There are terrific models for success with reluctant readers, but many school systems and state governments need to set aside their 'not invented here' and 'we have more important problems than education' attitudes.

I didn't read a book until I was 31 years old when I was diagnosed with dyslexia. Books terrified me. They made me nervous. Now I know you can travel to the bottom of the ocean or to outer space or anywhere in between without leaving your armchair, and I'm so, so sorry I couldn't read when I was younger.

I'm just not a good reader, so I haven't been able to sit down and get myself through an entire book in my whole life.

It's a shameful thing to admit for someone who writes such long books, but I read so slowly that I almost subvocalize.

What we read, how we read, and why we read change how we think.

A child who can't read isn't going to get better because you told him he was bad.

The truth is, my life was made infinitely more difficult because I didn't read any books. But I didn't read any books. That's my story. That's my truth.

Johnny can get down and Johnny can throw up, but Johnny can't read.

It took me nine years to get through the fourth grade. When I got into television commercials, I had to take a crash course in reading. I was 32 years old, and I couldn't read the cue cards.

I don't remember ever having finished a book.

So many organizations have a mentoring arm, but they don't really do it. Their idea of mentoring a kid is giving them general advice. But what they need to do is read with children.

I just have never got into reading.

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.

I have always advised men to read.

The saddest thing about myself is that I never read a book. I never got the habit.

I am a slow reader. I always loved words, which is a strange thing given that I couldn't actually read them.

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.