The less literate are the first to fail and drop out of school.

People acquiring a second language have the best chance for success through reading.

Free voluntary reading results in better reading comprehension, writing style, vocabulary, spelling, and grammatical development

Teaching vocabulary lists is inefficient - the time is better spent reading alone.

If children read 1 million words in a year, atl least 1,000 words will be added to their vocabulary.

Hearing stories has a direct impact on literacy development.

Light reading is not to be avoided but should be used as a conduit to more serious reading.

Those who read in a second language write and spell better in that language.

Without a reading habit, children simply do not have a chance.

Access to a school library results in more reading.

Learning to read in one language helps us read a second language.

Perception is never purely in the present - it has to draw on experience of the past.

Critics are only concerned with what affects them. And feeling empathy is a gift not many possess.

Can you deep fry the bacon? Oh how I wish you would.

I never was a great Thatcher fan, and it wasn't a sad day in my life when she resigned.

I draw all the time. Drawing is my backbone. I don't think a painter has to be able to draw, I just think that if you draw, you better draw well.

Stop. I’m not going to take any more input until I’ve made something with what I got.

I've always liked my clothes, even before I could properly afford them. Clothes for me were never a cloak, a cover. They were how I chose to express myself.

Fear for a linchpin is a clue that you're getting close to doing something important.

I stay out too late, got nothing in my brain.

An artist is a creature driven by demons. He don't know why they choose him and he's usually too busy to wonder why.