Walter Kirn Quotes

I like to read and understand.

A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.

The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary.

I still believe that sitting down and reading a book is the best way to really learn something.

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

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

There's definitely a value in being literate.

The more one reads, the more one sees that one has to read.

The people who don't read - who are they? How do they make sense of things?

The important thing is that you 'read!'

Reading enables us to see with the keenest eyes, to hear with the finest ears, and listen to the sweetest voices of all time.

A capacity, and taste, for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.

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

I think I learned a lot from reading in general - even from reading badly written books.

People who don't read seem to me mysterious. I don't know how they think or learn about other people. Novels are a very important part of our education.

Education happens to be something that all people, all cultures, need to embrace. Math, science, the words of the world. To be able to speak and be able to have clarity and to be able to think. Those are the greatest of gifts.

Reading is important.

If we were meant to read for enjoyment, would God have created television? Read as it was intended - for exercise. The more you read, the more you expand your - what's the word I'm looking for? - your stockpile of words. You must have a stockpile of words that you can pass along to your children for their stockpile.

Reading makes you smarter. It really does.

We hear only those questions for which we are in a position to find answers

I don't believe in reading. I don't care about reading. It means nothing to me. I believe that by using your eyes and ears, you'll find everything that there is, and you don't have to read about it.

I learnt to read when I was five, and I think that is the most important thing that happened to me.

Anyone who doesn't read doesn't have any business writing.

I do think observing is important in learning.

We are the worst of fools if we do not teach every child to become truly expert, deep readers.