You don't read in your own field. You read in that field when you're young, so that you can learn.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In my position you have to read when you want to write and to talk when you would like to read.
I didn't go to school much, so I taught myself what I knew from reading.
It's not necessary to have read everything about a particular subject in order to get interested in it. The main thing is to sort out what's important and what is peripheral in order to be able to dive in.
Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.
I think I learned a lot from reading in general - even from reading badly written books.
I do believe that reading can help you understand what you're writing and see what others are doing. But sometimes the desire for more information can act as an inhibitor.
Everything that you read is an influence on everything you write, and you want to draw as many elements into your work as you can.
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.
You become a reader by reading the literature, not by reading the handbooks about it.
Obviously I had gone all through high school and into college, and you don't do that not knowing how to read.