Education Quote by Charles Van Doren

But in the meantime I became accustomed to the writing life and it would be hard to change now - partly because of the…

— Orson Scott Card

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

I was a very driven person, wanting to help and to do good, hopefully to write and teach in a meaningful way - wanting…

— Mark Nepo

I had wanted for so many years to feel that writing really was at the center of my life, not something I did in…

— Alison Hawthorne Deming

I never imagined when I began writing in the early 1960s I'd become professional and my life would be transformed.

— Sue Townsend

I was the kind of person who knew what he wanted to do; I wanted to write, I wanted not to be in school,…

— Neil Gaiman

In terms of moments that pushed me toward becoming a writer... My parents, my wife, and my English teacher in the 8th grade were…

— Blake Crouch

I never lose sight of the fact that before I was a writer, I was a teacher. I still am. My classroom's just gotten…

— Jodi Picoult

I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle. But I'm…

— Ann Bancroft

I always wanted to write. But honestly I'm glad I didn't do it back when I was twenty-five or so, when it's now clear…

— Chris Pavone

I was almost teaching myself through writing without even realizing it. It's like therapy. You can hear my progression as a person and how…

— Bea Miller

It took me a couple of years after I got out of Berkeley before I dared to start writing. That academic mind-set - which…

— Joan Didion