Reading Quotes
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Reading was very important; the proper exercise and development of one's mind was a paramount duty.
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What makes me put pen to paper? You know, that's the million-dollar question. I've been writing since I've been reading. It's not a question I think that's even meant to be answered, but it's something you always seek to discover the answer to. And the process of filmmaking is one of discovery, and self-discovery at that. Pleasure... it's not exactly what I would call fun, but it's absorbing.
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I stopped reading reviews about my own movies. I read stuff about other people's movies.
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Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read.
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If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads.
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The effects of MFA programs, and the rise of creative writing instruction more generally, are far more diffuse than people think. Even if you're a writer who has avoided institutions your whole life, you're still going to be reading a lot of writers who have MFAs, and are affiliated with universities.
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Reading is that fruitful miracle of a communication in the midst of solitude.
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Algebra looked like Chinese characters to me, and I could never get into reading Shakespeare. I just did not get it.
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Reading words puts them in your mind. You never forget. Even when you don't get a chance to dwell on the music, you can hear it in your head.
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Those who do succeed in reading the Bible from beginning to end will discover that at least it has a beginning and an end, and some traces of a total structure.
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Don't write for money. Write because you love to do something. If you write for money, you won't write anything worth reading.
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So there you have it, a lifetime of first smelling the books, they all smell wonderful, reading the books, loving the books, and remembering the books.
