“You don't learn anything just by reading books.You learn only by receiving blows.”

“You must learn to read well, Marisa. As long as you're a good reader, you can learn anything, do anything.”

“Reading is important, because if you can read, you can learn anything about everything and everything about anything.”

“Because you don't learn anything unless you can find the patience to read. TV takes that away from you. It robs you from your mind.”

“You can learn to do anything in the world if your life depends on it and if you can read.”

“I think you can read a dozen different books and not learn a single thing about writing. Good writers don't read, they study books. They pick the plots apart and the sentences apart. And part of studying is copying. Reading is great and every writer should read, but reading alone isn't enough to learn what you need to learn...”