Justin Cronin Quotes

So I grew up in a very book-friendly environment and my education as a writer was reading. I think that's the best education. Reading, and taking from the people I admired.

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

I've found that writers who don't read really can't write.

I guess the important thing for young writers is to read.

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.

One can't write without having read - you have to read before beginning to write - and universities offer a very good opportunity to read.

He taught me literature, and he actually taught me how to read. He was my personal mentor.

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

I wanted to become a writer. I enjoyed reading as a child.

My passion has always been books and literature, and teaching.

I believe that writing is derivative. I think good writing comes from good reading.

I've always been a reader and a writer.

Because there is no better tool for writing than experience. It has very little to do with grammar and everything to do with knowing.

We're not just writers; we're readers probably more than anything else. That's how you learn how to write and how you learn to appreciate good writing: by reading.

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

Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety of authors. And read with questions in your mind.

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

If you want to be a writer, don't worry so much about writing. Read as much as you can. Read as many different writers as you can. Soak up the styles.

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

I'm not a writer. I like being a reader.

The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book.

I learnt to love reading. And then I started scribbling stories, and I liked that even more.

Like most authors, I also love to read.

Learn as much by writing as by reading.