Creative writing teachers should be purged until every last instructor who has uttered the words 'Write what you know' is confined to… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
A lot of novelists start late-Conrad, Pirandello, even Mark Twain. When you're young, chess is all right, and music and poetry. But… — James M. Cain Copy Share Image
As one of my creative writing professors once said, there are only seven plots. What makes those plots different is how you… — Kristine Kathryn Rusch Copy Share Image
Given the devaluation of literature and of the study of foreign languages per se in the United States, as well as the… — Marilyn Hacker Copy Share Image
I don't really believe in a creative-writing major as an undergraduate. It's a bad idea, terrible. I've met creative-writing majors from other… — Barry Hannah Copy Share Image
I do less of that stuff now because I figured out that when I was writing things I didn't care about, it… — Tod Goldberg Copy Share Image
“And though creative writing as an intellectual exercise may be pursued with profit by anyone, writing as a profession is not a… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
When I taught at the University of Houston in the Creative Writing program we required the poets to take workshops in fiction… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
By striving so mightily to accomplish specific goals on behalf of one segment of humanity, she [Toni Morrison] went beyond them to… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
Here’s what I learned: First thing in the morning, before I have drowned myself in coffee, while I still have that sleepy… — Merrill Markoe Copy Share Image
I take a real interest in the possibilities of teaching - including the practice of bringing creative writing, and serious reading, into… — Michael Cadnum Copy Share Image
“For example, instead of saying that it was a rainy night, you can say, “At night she could see from her window… — Pawan Mishra Copy Share Image
My first job was as a groundskeeper at the local ballpark in the town where I grew up. There was a lot… — Owen King Copy Share Image
Back in the days when American billboard advertising was in flower [said Hemingway], there were two slogans that I always rated above… — A. E. Hotchner Copy Share Image
If I were to go back to the Philippines, I would probably end up teaching creative writing at a university. I wouldn't… — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
I was a journalism major, and I would take creative writing classes as part of that, but I would also look for… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
My father's father wrote for a Philadelphia newspaper and aspired to be a playwright. We had in our house a couple of… — Stephen Gaghan Copy Share Image
If you want to write something completely unique, you will probably fail or at best write something without redeeming value. The mind… — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
I'm often asked how I write books, but I don't think my approach is suitable for everyone. If I walked into a… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
I love puppies, and I love animals in general. Besides that, I do martial arts: extreme martial arts. I also play real… — Cameron Monaghan Copy Share Image
These kids will make you cry, laugh... They make you feel all kinds of emotions through their writings and they share a… — Clinton D. Powell Copy Share Image
After I started publishing poetry I got to teach creative writing. Eventually I was promoted and even got tenure. But then I… — Joan Larkin Copy Share Image
When I read students’ attempts at creative writing it is obvious immediately that most of them have not read much or widely.… — Julius Lester Copy Share Image
I never attended a creative writing class in my life. I have a horror of them; most writers groups moonlight as support… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
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