A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems.

I think you should read everything you can. In my case, by the age of 10, I'd read every book in the Omaha public library about investing, some twice. You need to fill your mind with various competing thoughts and decide which make sense.

Our hope is that the elementary reading of comics will lead to the joy of reading good books.

Today I continue with my science-fiction reading habit and find it very mind-expanding. Always makes me think.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations is an admirable work, and I studied it intently. The quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good thoughts. They also make you anxious to read the authors and look for more.

When we read we are able to travel to many places, meet many people and understand the world.