Art Quote by Gore Vidal

Increasingly, those who used to teach and write critical or theoretical texts are writing fiction, poetry and so on; and kinds of texts are…

— Nicholas Royle

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 I prefer writing books because the work of art begins and ends with you - it's easier to know if you're doing…

— Sheila Heti

As a writer, the ideal job is the one that allows you time and mental space away from it. Teaching seemed to me like…

— Debra Dean

My view, as one who taught it, is that the whole purpose of a literary education should be to tell people that these things…

— Guy Davenport

I'm not a writer who teaches. I'm a teacher who writes.

— Maya Angelou

I don't teach literature from my perspective as 'Joyce Carol Oates.' I try to teach fiction from the perspective of each writer. If I'm…

— Joyce Carol Oates

No one can teach writing, but classes may stimulate the urge to write. If you are born a writer, you will inevitably and helplessly…

— Cynthia Ozick

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

Literature often gets taught nowadays as a record of the sins and shortcomings of the past. I see literature and the arts very differently:…

— Brian Boyd

Writing as an art form belongs to all people, regardless of economic class or educational level. . . . A writer is someone who writes.

— Pat Schneider

When I teach, I try to assign writers from whom I can learn.

— Tom Barbash