The women in my life have all been librarians, English teachers, or booksellers. If they couldn't speak pidgin Tolstoy, articulate Henry James,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
My sophomore English teacher encouraged me to write for the school paper, and that's what got me started. Suddenly it struck me… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
It's the first line in your book. I always thought there was a lot of truth in that. Or maybe that's what… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Nothing teaches great writing like the very best books do. Yet, good teachers often help students cross that bridge, and I have… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
“Dictionaries are like vitamins and floss; we buy them and then never use them. Even I, an English teacher, a lover of… — Jenny Baranick Copy Share Image
If I said in one of my songs that my English teacher wanted to have sex with me in junior high, all… — Eminem Copy Share Image
My father is a visual artist, so I was influenced by him, and my mother is an English teacher who forced me… — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
“In short: Write the way people think. Nike knew what it was doing when it coined the slogan “Just do it.” Grammatically,… — Gary Dahl Copy Share Image
I had originally planned to do musical theatre and be on Broadway, but then my love for poetry also set in. Once… — Khalid Copy Share Image
“English teacher asked me what always came at the end of a sentence and I said a parole date. Another time I… — Derek Trotter Copy Share Image
I read 'the Hobbit' at the age when you're supposed to read it. I didn't read 'The Lord Of The Rings.' My… — Ken Stott Copy Share Image
My mother had been an English teacher in India before she came to the U.K., and she taught me to read early… — Sanjeev Bhaskar Copy Share Image
“But it was hard to picture him as a sales superstar. Gus dressed like a high school English teacher and reminded Joe… — Bob Burg Copy Share Image
You have to be a whole, dignified, self-respecting person in order to be an English teacher or whatever kind of job your… — Diane Nash Copy Share Image
I flunked my exam for university two times before I was accepted by what was considered my city's worst university, Hangzhou Teachers… — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
I've always gotten good grades, you know, with my teachers and my English teachers, 'cause I was able to - they'd say,… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
“Maybe his shifting isn't just physical. Maybe it applies to his feelings too, because I don't see how he can walk around… — Zoraida Córdova Copy Share Image
Iggy Pop is a pure Michigan product - gritty, smart, but not afraid of looking stupid or foolish. His father was once… — David Means Copy Share Image
When I was 16, I played Macbeth at school and my English teacher said, 'I think you may have acting talent. Try… — David Suchet Copy Share Image
Quite honestly I never had a desire to be an actor. I tell people, I did not choose acting; acting chose me.… — Ving Rhames Copy Share Image
“He even let me smoke a cigarette in his office, but he urged me to quit smoking because of the health risks.… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
By junior high, I was a horrible student. But during my sophomore year of high school, I did have a fabulous English… — Andrea Barrett Copy Share Image
My English teacher always gave me scripts for plays, but I was into sports. My friend said there were small parts I… — Santiago Cabrera Copy Share Image
I could have been, and may one day well be a high school English teacher, because I've been given so much I… — James McBride Copy Share Image
“We were supposed to be an English literature class, but Miss Nesbitt used literature to teach real life. She said she didn't… — Phillip Hoose Copy Share Image
Being the offspring of English teachers is a mixed blessing. When the film star says to you, on the air, 'It was… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
Writing became an obsessive compulsive habit but I had almost no money so I thought about being an urban firefighter and having… — David Guterson Copy Share Image
When I was 16 I started publishing all kinds of things in school magazines. My main feedback came from my English teacher,… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
My modus operandi hasn't really changed that much from when I was an English teacher. I wanted my students to leave my… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
One of the things I've always liked about my husband is he's very good at lots of stuff. He was an English… — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
Before college, I hadn't voluntarily read anything that might be called literature; I didn't think I'd understand it; I never seemed to… — Melissa Bank Copy Share Image
I want to talk about my very first play, when I was in eighth grade. One day, my English teacher, Mrs. Baker,… — David Morse Copy Share Image
My mother was an English teacher who decided to become a math teacher, and she used me as a guinea pig at… — Freeman A. Hrabowski III Copy Share Image
I taught myself English. My English teacher was the sitcom 'Friends.' Back in the days when I was, like, 15, 14, it… — RM Copy Share Image
My English teacher wanted to have sex with me in Junior High. The only problem was, my English teacher was a guy.… — Eminem Copy Share Image
We have a host of English teachers in the family. My mum is an English teacher, and so are my dad, my… — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so if I hadn't had the chance to experience… — Carol Ann Duffy Copy Share Image
When I was 12 I worked with someone - it was actually an English teacher at my school, John Woodward. He was… — Peter Jones Copy Share Image
When I was in school, in eighth grade, someone recognized something in me. She was an English teacher, and we read a… — David Morse Copy Share Image
I believe it’s impossible to claim you have taught, when there are students who have not learned. With that commitment, from my… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
