I think that reading is beneficial for most people, and I've developed a very unique opinion on the kinds of books that tell us stories. When people read in order to write their own material... I think books are generally bad, because it makes you copy what you read into your own writing.

They should be used to learn from other people's mistakes during their lives, through reading about negative experiences that the person had, and also to learn how to make a better life by the way they were able to solve problems. When I was young me and my father talked and I explained this to him.

He said that people would not allow me to read many personal stories during my life. I didn't understand it for some reason.

I mean why would people want others to make the same mistakes that they did in the past?? That's incredibly obtuse.