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title: "6 Writing Teaching Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [When you're researching you're learning. When you're writing, you're teaching.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-orlean/when-you-re-researching-you-re-learning-when-you-re-writing-you-re/)

[Susan Orlean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-orlean/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2e/susan-orlean-2207_inspirational_when-you-re-researching-you-re-learning_992509.png)

> [I loved reading and writing, and teaching was the most exalted profession I could imagine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-mccourt/i-loved-reading-and-writing-and-teaching-was-the-most-exalted/)

[Frank McCourt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-mccourt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b43/frank-mccourt-2576_career_i-loved-reading-and-writing-and-teaching_1001793.png)

> [I had wanted for so many years to feel that writing really was at the center of my life, not something I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-hawthorne-deming/i-had-wanted-for-so-many-years-to-feel-that-writing-really-was-at-the/)

[Alison Hawthorne Deming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-hawthorne-deming/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c3/alison-hawthorne-deming-11586_education_i-had-wanted-for-so-many-years-to-feel-t_1117765.png)

> [I try to be realistic with students. And say that there's a good chance that they're not going to get a creative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-kooser/i-try-to-be-realistic-with-students-and-say-that-there-s-a-good/)

[Ted Kooser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-kooser/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddd/ted-kooser-16216_chance_i-try-to-be-realistic-with-students-and_1471878.png)

> [If you don't set your writing - teaching - at a level that makes them stretch, they are never going to develop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-h-abrams/if-you-don-t-set-your-writing-teaching-at-a-level-that-makes-them/)

[M. H. Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-h-abrams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b81/m-h-abrams-28509_education_if-you-don-t-set-your-writing-teaching-a_1536948.png)

> [I'm writing; I'm teaching myself writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dacre-montgomery/i-m-writing-i-m-teaching-myself-writing/)

[Dacre Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dacre-montgomery/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/001/dacre-montgomery-15893_myself_i-m-writing-i-m-teaching-myself-writing_2520920.jpg)

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