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Just because I never went to university doesn't mean you can't read, although I do feel a bit uneducated from time to time.

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

Reading is an act of civilization; it's one of the greatest acts of civilization because it takes the free raw material of the mind and builds castles of possibilities.

I went to college, but I learned to write by reading - and writing.

One can't write without having read - you have to read before beginning to write - and universities offer a very good opportunity to read.

Reading is a means of thinking with another person's mind; it forces you to stretch your own.

Reading is a huge part of life.

Reading is as much a part of life as any part, and it's life itself. And it allows us to live other lives that we might not have lived if we hadn't picked up those books.

Reading takes me to a different place than my everyday life. I usually get fully involved in what I'm reading about, so it's a great escape.

Obviously I had gone all through high school and into college, and you don't do that not knowing how to read.