Richard Ford Quotes

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

I never stopped reading.

I think reading is important in any form. I think a person who's trying to learn to like reading should start off reading about a topic they are interested in, or a person they are interested in.

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial achievement. Being inclined to go on reading is a great achievement.

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.

I spend a lot of time reading.

For heaven's sake, don't write writing. Write reading!

You can't write if you don't read.

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

Of course, I've always read. I started when I was four years old and just didn't stop. I read all the time.

I love to read, and I love to write. I love to read. You have no idea how many books I have.

I can't promise that every child with learning differences will become a novelist, but I do think all children can become lifelong readers.

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

If a big person invests time in reading, kids learn reading is important, the child is important, words are important, stories are important.

I don't see how you can write well if you're not reading well at the same time. I think the only risk is reading too many books of one 'type' in a row.

What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.

I can't actually wrap my mind around it easily - I can't really visualize what 2 million books looks like... So I try to keep it real for myself by focusing on individual anecdotes of how my books have helped kids learn to love reading.

As a writer, you should care about reluctant readers. You want these kids to feel like books are amazing and cool and that they're an escape.

I have always advised men to read.

The saddest thing about myself is that I never read a book. I never got the habit.

To be a writer, you must be a reader, yet as many as 30 per cent of my writing students were not readers.

Labeling is not the best way to get young people to deeply engage in reading.

I never read books - and still don't read books - to develop them.

I read all the time, and I'm often struck by something I'm reading.

I'm not embarrassed about not having read any book.