Danny Glover Quotes

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.

Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.

Yet in our enthusiasm for the idea that everyone should be able to read and write fluently, we may be missing a crucial point: in today's culture, finely honed literacy skills are simply not as important as they once were.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Is it possible that literacy standards are falling because young Australians are growing up in a culture in which they can be entertained and informed, and in which they can communicate effectively, without having to master any but the most rudimentary literacy skills?

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.

No skill shapes a child's future success in school or in life more than the ability to read.

The kids who speak well, are articulate and intelligent, are all readers.

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 prefer reading to writing. Reading changes your world view. Writing changes absolutely nothing. Except, of course, when it makes you rich.

The ways in which readers encounter and relate to information is dramatically influenced by their education as well as their awareness of the pitfalls relating to the information source.

I'm nervous about our civic culture. I'm not sure the Internet is largely the cause of it. It's certainly the cause of careless writing. People who get used to blurbing things on the Internet are never going to be good writers.

I read 'The Washington Post' every day from a very young age. Reading the newspaper taught me how to organize my thoughts on the page. Meaning, it taught me how to write.

We have to move into the 21st century, but we should do so with great care to build a 'bi-literate' brain that has the circuitry for 'deep reading' skills and, at the same time, is adept with technology.

I write like a two-year-old, and I can't spell.

I'm concerned, as I guess all middle-aged people are, about the younger generations' level of literacy.

Children need to have both time to think and the motivation to think for themselves, to develop an expert reading brain, before the digital mode dominates their reading. The immediacy and volume of information should not be confused with true knowledge.

Reading is more important than writing.

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

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

I hope my children will grow up to love literature, but I expect they will absorb it as readily via a screen or pod as from glued quires of printed pages.