“I suspect the influence of unsupervised reading”
“Anything you read can influence your work, so I try to read good stuff.”
“To read is to empower,To empower is to write,To write is to influence,To influence is to change,To change is to live".”
“The books that influence the world are those that it has not read.”
“I should have never taught you girls to read! I suspect you have been reading the Bible behind my back-that is enough to fill a girl's head with folly?”
“She didn't smile back. Not even a little. I totally needed to read that book on how to win friends and influence people. But that would involve an innate desire to win friends and influence people.”