Roberto Bolano 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.

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

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.

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.

There's definitely a value in being literate.

The manner in which I learned to read and write, not only had great influence on my own mind, as I acquired it with the most perfect ease, so much so, that I have no recollection whatever of learning the alphabet

We should teach kids how to question. Now having said that, of course, to be a productive adult, there are certain skills that are required - reading, writing, and, in the old-fashioned days, we used to say arithmetic. Now we say mathematics.

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

I like to consume information. I like to learn.

I like to read and understand.

Reading is the gateway skill that makes all other learning possible

…she was discovering once again that reading and writing were not the same — you couldn't just soak it up then squeeze it out again.

Read as much as you possibly can. Nothing will help you as much as reading.

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.

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

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.

Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.

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.

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.

Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intellectual.

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.

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

The biggest impact my father had on my life was teaching the importance of literacy.

Reading is important.