If I believe in anything when it comes to writing, and I can't stress enough that I detest writing, it's something that… — Gary Lutz Copy Share Image
Asa Briggs was a historian of class history, so he felt obligated to bring in his driver. That's the English class thing… — Lawrence Osborne Copy Share Image
I wrote my first play as extra credit for my fourth grade English class. 'Can Helen Stop Smoking' was a satire on… — T'Keyah Crystal Keymah Copy Share Image
“In the trenches of the First World War, English men came to love one another decently, without shame or make-believe, under the… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
I really miss English. Going into English class and analysing a poem or book, I found that so much fun. — Ruel Copy Share Image
At some point my friends and I began to ask, how can a country that produced hippies and such cool people also… — Nguyen Qui Duc Copy Share Image
Maybe you could be a great writer - maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper -… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When I was in fourth grade, a novelist came to talk to my English class. She told us that being an author… — J. Courtney Sullivan Copy Share Image
I have no formal training as a writer at all, not even a single English class in college. However, my adult books… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
“Junior, stop being orner.” It’s what Mama used to say to us when we were little, and I say it to Junior… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
“He even got up once in English class and read an essay called ‘The Value of Friendship’ and while he was reading… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“Romantic novels, the kissing scenes, the ditching scenes have taught the youth of India more English than all the English classes in… — Sneha Mehta Copy Share Image
“Few of us make any serious effort to remember what we read. When I read a book, what do I hope will… — Joshua Foer Copy Share Image
What Hamlet suffers from is a lack of zombies. Let us say Rosencrantz and Guildenstern show up—Ho-HO! Now you’ve got something that… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“Cade thought about this. “Let me get this straight—you secretly pretend to like poetry to impress the smart girl in your English… — Julie James Copy Share Image
“Mark but this Flea, and mark in this, How little that which thou deniest me is; It suck’d me first, and now… — J.T. Ellison Copy Share Image
“When I was twelve, my sixth-grade English class went on a field trip to see Franco Zeffirelli’s film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo… — Annabelle Gurwitch Copy Share Image
If you ask most high schoolers who Bruce Lee is, they will say that it someone they sit next to in English… — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
“This guy tried to kill me, he’s out there, and I’m going to blow his f***ng head off.' Nothing happened for a… — Brian Huskie Copy Share Image
I go through the text making sure I haven't used any big words. If I find any fancy adjectives have crept in,… — Martin Millar Copy Share Image
It started when she passed me a note in English class. The note said you don't seem as awful as I hear… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Other than when I got the news about Mom, I can only remember one other time when I cried as an adult,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I've been sniffing out the guys in my English class (to the extent that this is possible without getting my throat cut),… — Jaclyn Moriarty Copy Share Image
“A cold feeling crept over me, as if there actually was a right or wrong answer to the question. In English class,… — Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl Copy Share Image
“Sitting with some of the other members of the Scholastic Decathlon team, quiet, studious Martha Cox heard snatches of the lunchtime poetry.… — Alice Alfonsi Copy Share Image
