Abusive Quote by Annie Baker

I never attended a creative writing class in my life. I have a horror of them; most writers groups moonlight as support groups for…

— Zadie Smith

Teaching well draws from the same well that writing draws from: the reserves of compassion and ability to listen and concentrate on another. So…

— Andre Dubus

In many ways my writing is like therapy. It is my way of dealing with things.

— Corey Smith

I see myself only sporadically as a teacher and consistently as a writer. Teaching is how I pay the bills...and fortunately, for my students,…

— Vijay Seshadri

Teaching and writing, really, they support and nourish each other, and they foster good thinking. Because when you show up in the classroom, you…

— Emily Barton

I'm really fortunate to have been to the schools I've been to, and to have the experiences I've had. And, partly since my parents…

— Steven C. Harper

Teaching was great for me, because I got to show people how writing can really change the way you see not only yourself but…

— Sarah Dessen

In general, teaching writing makes me a far better reader because there's so many ways to write a good sentence or a good story,…

— Leni Zumas

I think writing is very, very therapeutic.

— Marie Lu

I certainly wasn't born with creative writing. Maybe there's a certain amount of learning and then it's up to the person. I think in…

— Markus Zusak

A creative writing program is only as good as its teachers, and I was fortunate in having two great writers as mentors.

— Jay McInerney

I won't say that writing is therapy, but for me, the act of writing is therapy. The ability to be productive is good for…

— Raymond E. Feist