Michel Houellebecq Quotes

I was lucky because my mum was a teacher and showed me how to read and write. But most importantly, she encouraged me to use my imagination.

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.

You have to be literate in today's world. We're not going to get away with not teaching boys to read.

Sometimes, reading a blog, which I do infrequently, I see that generations of Americans have been wilfully crippled, and can no longer spell or write a sentence.

I went to college, but I learned to write by reading - and writing.

I write out of my intellectual experience.

I've learned to use big words. Because I'm an avid reader, I can prove myself as a smart and diligent person.

Reading helps you to be knowledgeable. It also improvises your vocabulary. It's a very good habit, extremely essential.

Reading is more important than writing.

What I want is to try and get across the idea that reading for pleasure is so beneficial. And turn children on who have maybe been switched off reading or never found a love of it in the first place.

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.

I hope to instill, in every child I meet, my love and enthusiasm for reading and stories.

I want to see children curled up with books, finding an awareness of themselves as they discover other people's thoughts. I want them to make the connection that books are people's stories, that writing is talking on paper, and I want them to write their own stories. I'd like my books to provide that connection for them.

I'm a good scholar when it comes to reading but a blotting kind of writer when you give me a pen.

I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don't think there's a single writer who influences me.

I've learned so much as both a writer and a human.

To succeed, you will soon learn, as I did, the importance of a solid foundation in the basics of education - literacy, both verbal and numerical, and communication skills.

I was quite a reader before I became a writer.

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

Read books. They are good for us.

Encourage your children to read more and watch television less.

If we talk about literacy, we have to talk about how to enhance our children's mastery over the tools needed to live intelligent, creative, and involved lives.

The more I can hear, the more I can learn, the better off I'll be.

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

I have great respect for children. And I have great respect for their ability as writers.