Big deal Quote by Giles Coren

My dad is a retired Shakespeare professor, my mother a retired classicist. Suffice to say I grew up in a house full of books,…

— Sarah Dessen

My father was a writer and an acting teacher.

— Noah Hathaway

One of the things I learned from my father, and it did not serve me well at all, was that he was a successful…

— Michael Tolkin

The biggest impact my father had on my life was teaching the importance of literacy.

— Thomas Steinbeck

I had the most incredible English and literature teachers in school, and it really influenced my love of storytelling. It's what made me excited…

— Sophia Bush

My father always told me I should be a writer, and I found I loved writing my autobiography; writing is such an interesting process.

— Mia Farrow

I told my parents I wanted to be an actress years before I wrapped my head around what my dad did for a living.…

— Allison Williams

My dad was very successful as a journalist, so I didn't want to be one. I wanted to be a novelist.

— Giles Coren

My father was a writer, so I grew up writing and reading and I was really encouraged by him.

— Anne Lamott

My senior year at College Park, University of Maryland, I took an elective class in crime fiction taught by Charles C. Mish. He turned…

— George Pelecanos

My first teacher was Steven Spielberg. I worked on Amazing Stories. That was my first job, as a writer and as a story editor.…

— Mick Garris

All of the most important lessons about writing I learned from my father. He never set out to teach me anything, it would just…

— Joss Whedon