Do u think that writers should be avid readers?

Not neccessarily, I think it depends on the person.

That's how I became a writer:
Studying my favoriete authors' works and meshing their writing styles together to create my own. Not everyone works that way, though.

They don't HAVE to be. If reading helps u come up with techniques of ideas, then sure. But some get techniques and ideas from their own mind.

It's a good idea, but u don't have to be. I am :})

Yes. u constantly gain ideas.

It depends on the person. But I think it helps learn new words and better grammer. It also inspires ideas if your careful not to steal. But no, they don't have to be.

I think it helps. I personally am an avid reader and I think it helps with my writing. But I don't think in order to be a writer u must be a reader.

In general it depends on the person but sometimes they are interchangeable. personally i was a bigger writer than reader for a long time in a matter fact it wasn't till the last jaar and a half of so that i actually began reading committedly i've read meer than ever believed possible for me i read Dracula, the invisible man, the legend of sleepy hollow, A series of unfortunate events the austere academy and luik, sluitertijd island in the last 3 months. That may not sound big to a lot of u but it was huge for me. Ordinarily something thick like Dracula would take me a maand but it took me just a few weeks.
Reading does help at times and is great to help u look at other writing styles. and can give u inspiration as well i got an idea from the invisible man that i thought was a good idea

Yes, I think it's necessary. I haven't met of even heard of a writer that doesn't read anyway.