Eudora Welty Quotes

Reading taught me how to write.

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.

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

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

A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman is exact.

Writing is the litmus paper of thoughtthe very center of schooling.

Who often reads, will sometimes wish to write.

Read a lot. Write a lot. Have fun.

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

And that's what I've learned too: writing is key.

The ability to write and read books is one of the things that transformed us as a species.

Words are the basic tools, if you are a writer.

If I don't have words, it's a sign I'm not reading enough.

Reading and writing is so important, and it's something I am really keen to promote. It's something that can be a bit lost these days with so much else going on.

I love writing different things.

There's something magical about the idea that you can write something down and someone else can read it. I'm still mildly agog about that.

Reading is a huge part of life.

There's definitely a value in being literate.

I started writing as soon as I started reading.

I've always been a reader and a writer.

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

All my life I've looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time.

If you took my reading and writing out of my head, I don't know who I would be.

I think writing is a glorious and noble thing.

I try to write an essay every time I speak.