If I read 1000 books, will my words really flow like a fountain?

Question

I heard this saying from a book. Do you believe it?

Answer 1

Well the Japanese believe if you fold 1000 cranes your wishes will come true. Ive tried it. believe me it doesnt work. Maybe the 1000 books will work. You certainly will be smarter and better informed. Try it. C.

Answer 2

Depends on what type of words you are thinking/talking about. Spoken words? Why not. After all, in reading books, you gain a wider vocabulary, and if you understand them, they tend to pop into your spoken vocabulary. Which is cool.
Written? Well, a not so pleasant example has been presented here. But I think that, to write in the first place, you need a good outline. But to flesh that outline out, you need a good vocabulary, and awesome skills at bringing a story to life through the written word. That part depends mostly on you. Of course, just reading a thousand books isn't going to do you much good, unless you are thinking about the books, about the words written, the way that they were written, etc. What is the meaning, why did end that way, why did the author choose to write this, etc. Without questions, you would never learn anything. :)
I personally believe it Every time I read something, I learn something more, which I love. And everything I read affects me in some way. It is a great tool, and it can never hurt to actually try... :)

Answer 3

This is a philosophical statement, not a literal one. What does "1,000 books" really mean? Suppose you read 1,000 porn novels, would it improve your mind? Or suppose you read 1,000 car manuals? What "reading 1,000 books" means, in this context, is "acquiring wisdom". Think about it. Should you wait for the 1,000th. book? Is anyone going to know or notice if you read only 999? Or are your words going to flow like TWO fountains if you read 2,000 books?

Read on a wide range of subjects. Understand everything that you read. Some books you may have to read over 3 or 4 times each. Some books you may have to discuss with others, for years, to understand properly. Be humble. Know that learning never ends, no matter how much you have read. Learn the value of listening. Know that the purpose of learning is not to acquire power or even knowledge. It is to make yourself a better person so that you can make your world a better world. When you have done all this, you have read "1,000 books" regardless of the actual number of books you have read. When people listen to you it will seem to THEM that your words flow like a magical fountain even though you may hesitate, stutter, and stammer when you speak.

Answer 4

I know i've read a few thousand books over the years (even though im only 17)(and some of those books were small chapter books) but i still have trouble writing. When you've read that many books, you kinda have trouble figuring out how YOU really write. And did you know that your brain stores everything you read? (not that you remember the exact words) so when you've read that much, you have thousands of differenct worlds, characters, plots, etc in your brain. The brain of a reader and a non-reader has got to be different...Maybe...Like a fountain? I'd like to think so. You WILL have many more thinks to talk/think about though.

Answer 5

I have a good friend who always carries three books in her purse, in case her car breaks down and she finishes reading the first two. I would say that she has probably read thousands of books over the last couple of decades. She has also bought thousands of books. Full bookshelves cover almost every wall in her house. She has read every book written by a particular author that she doesn't even like.

However, she suffers from terrible writer's block. For about ten years, her husband always bought the cheapest possible phone, because when she couldn't think of anything to write, she would throw the phone across the room and break it. I would say, though she reads thousands of books, her words definitely do not flow like a fountain.

Your mileage may vary.

Answer 6

Yes. Reading, and not just one genre, but many, improves your vocabulary and self confidence. It increases your general knowledge base and broadens your view of the world around you. But don't stop with the first one thousand, keep going.

Answer 7

Try it! It'll take a really long time to read 1000 books......unless they're really short! lol...

Answer 8

yep, you'll either be a babbling idiot or a bubbling brook

Answer 9

i don't know. maybe you should find out for yourself.... it might be fun.