Mary Gaitskill Quotes

I think children love reading, and they will make time for it if we put the right books into their hands. And I hope I get the chance to keep being one of the people that writes them.

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'm not that big of a reader, to be honest.

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.

What I want is to try and get across the idea that reading for pleasure is so beneficial. And turn children on who have maybe been switched off reading or never found a love of it in the first place.

Read much, but not many books.

I have a great deal of sympathy for reluctant readers because I was one. I would do anything to avoid reading. In my case, it wasn't until I was 13 and discovered the 'Lord of the Rings' that I learned to love reading.

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

I'm just trying to get kids motivated to be readers by connecting them with a book they like.

Schools and parents can team up to find books that kids will really get excited about - that will make them say, 'That was a great experience. Now I know why people get excited about reading.'

Every child's taste is different. Don't worry if they're not reading 'War and Peace' at age 12. First, build a good foundation and a positive attitude about reading by letting them pick the stories they enjoy. Make friends with a bookseller or librarian. They are a wealth of information on finding books that kids enjoy.

The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.

I was passionate about reading from an early age, and I would always be carrying a different book each week.

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.

If a child wants to read 'Twilight' over Middlemarch, they should be encouraged - the important thing is to get them reading in the first place.

I would read all day if I could.

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 read more than I do anything else, probably. I read about three books a week.

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

I have always been a reader. I was one of those kids desperate to learn. I would read anything.

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

I'm actually not a big reader.

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 read almost everything that comes my way.

I think the biggest thing, where my passionate-ness comes from, is that I love reading, and it is something that I really care about.