Class Quote by Christopher Hitchens

Have you ever really had a teacher? One who saw you as a raw but precious thing, a jewel that, with wisdom, could be…

— Mitch Albom

You should always be well and bright, for so you do your best work; and you have so much beautiful work to do. The…

— Marie Corelli

“I'm afraid the time has come to officially give up on me." "What kind of teacher would I be if I did that?" "A…

— Nicole Murphy

“A good teacher is like a flower that spreads its fragrance and attracts others :-) -”

— Zaheer Ghani

I was one of those whose school report would always say, 'Could pay more attention.' I spent my time trying to be the centre…

— Suzanne Shaw

I like to tell students, 'I didn't burst on to the literary scene.' I'm never good at things at the beginning. I was terrible…

— Markus Zusak

If you wait for inspiration, you're not a writer, but a waiter.

— Louis L'Amour

“Sometimes the darkest parts of us can be our teachers in ways that our sweeter qualities never could.”

— Shauna Niequist

“Habits of an empowerED teacher: “read, notice, think, make theories about how writing works, imagine possibilities, write yourself; it isn’t magic, it’s just slow,…

— Penny Kittle

“Once you are truly seduced by profession of writing, you clock in one time…and never clock out. You dwell in a creative space with…

— Carl Henegan

I am one of those people who thrive on deadlines. Nothing brings on inspiration more readily than desperation.

— Harry Shearer

Given my age, I am pretty near the end, probably, of my career as a writer, a scholar, a teacher. And I wanted to…

— George Steiner