Michael Dirda Quotes

Comics have always helped people to read. A lot of people learned to read by reading the comics. And it's our livelihood, after all. If people don't know how to read, they're not reading our comics.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

Schools and libraries are the twin cornerstones of a civilized society. Libraries are only good if people use them, like books only exist when someone reads them.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.

To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.

My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.

The reading or non-reading a book will never keep down a single petticoat.

I'm not not a fan of graphic novels, but it's not like one of my pastimes, reading graphic novels.

I read a lot of comics growing up. My mom used to say, 'Would you please read a book?' She was worried where I was going in my life.

Movies can be instruments of enlightenment.

I was never a comic-book fan, but I loved cartoons. I don't enjoy reading: for me, it's hard work.

I'm actually not that big a fan of reading.

Comics are a gateway drug to literacy.

When I was a kid I was a huge reader, I always had a book in my hand.

I would always read a lot.

Much like every artist or every creator, I got into comics as a kid, and the most important thing was the 'bang zoom' of it. As many explosions as possible.

Tupac loved to read! Books were a constant part of his life.

As far as I know, no kid ever bought a children's book himself with his own money, but they'll buy comic books. So we better make them good.

If you aren't a reader and you have a kid with his face buried in books, it can be a bit threatening. My parents viewed my reading as somewhat effeminate, but also subversive on some level.

I have memories of reading comics when I was in primary school, but that's about it.

A biopic teaches you a lot.

If a film can't excite me and teach me something about life, then it is not worth pursuing.

I try to read as much as I can.

To be honest, I think Chris Ware is the only person whose books I've actively and consistently purchased for years.

I believe that comics are entirely for entertainment.