"I do believe that the most valuable way to become a skilled writer is to read. Not just poetry books..."

“I do believe that the most valuable way to become a skilled writer is to read. Not just poetry books either, but novels of all varieties, newspapers, blogs, subtitles of foreign films—I think even the pulpiest of literature can shape our art. At the most basic level we learn what works and what doesn’t, but further we can see where others have stretched to understand the boundlessness of our own craft. Writing without reading is like trying to become a chef without tasting others’ food.”

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Megan Falley, self-interview on The Nervous Breakdown (via bostonpoetryslam)

Quoted for saying something mildly academic somewhere.