I haven't taught since 2004, but I taught high school English for seven years, primarily at a place called Haddonfield Memorial, which… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
When I was in high school, I used to have breakfast with my grandpa every morning. He instilled a lot of values… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
I was writing full time after quitting a job as a high school English teacher, and I hadn't been able to sell… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
There's a lot for you to live for. Good things are definitely in your future, Leonard. I'm sure of it. You have… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
Instead he thinks up the worst ending imaginable: Hemingway has Catherine die from hemorrhaging after their child is stillborn. It is the… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
“You are all more or less wearing the same types of clothes—look around the room and you will see it’s true. Now… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
“And I understood why he didn’t need friends or to be accepted at our shitty racist high school, because he had his… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
“I am crying so hard at the end, partly for the characters, yes, but also because Nikki actually teaches this book to… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
“She’s fulfilled her obligation, assuaged her conscience by finding me in the hallway and giving me the chance to freak out, and… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
“Cliff says Sylvia Plath's work is very depressing to read, and that his own daughter had recently suffered through The Bell Jar… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
I grew up in a blue-collar neighborhood and was raised by a man who did not emote, ever... I always cry at movies, and… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
Life is not a PG feel-good movie. Real life often ends badly. Literature tries to document this reality, while showing us it is still… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
Maybe my movie isn't over, I say, because sometimes moviemakers trick the audience with a false bad ending, and just when you think the… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
“Like maybe he really, truly believes I'm worth listening to, worth saving.” — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
You need to make time for family no matter what happens in your life. — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
“the only way you could meet my crazy was by doing something crazy for yourself” — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
When I travel round the country, people can't place my accent; if there's someone in the audience, they'll be like, 'You're from Philadelphia', but… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
“Empiezo a comprender que tenemos una clase de amistad en la que no se necesitan muchas palabras.” — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
When she needed help most, she was abandoned--and only when she offered help to others was she beloved. — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
