Faith Quote by Gregor Collins

“Class is mostly a way to find something in myself I didn't know was there. Learning doesn't fill me up so much as opens…

— Charlie Quimby

“But you can't teach writing, people tell me. And I say, 'Who the hell are you, God's dean of admissions?”

— Anne Lamott

“I don’t believe in classes where students criticize each other’s manuscripts. Such criticism is generally composed in equal parts of ignorance, flattery, and spite.…

— Flannery O'Connor

“It is my personal belief that writing cannot be taught.”

— Parnell Hall

“The writer must write what he has to say, not speak it.”

— Ernest Hemingway

“I have, as may be apparent, not much respect for editors as a class.”

— Piers Anthony

“It’s almost impossible to teach that sort of writing except by pointing students to a stack of clips and telling them, 'Inhale these.”

— Marilyn Johnson

“Everywhere I go, I am asked if I think university stifles writers. My opinion is that it doesn't stifle enough of them.”

— Flannery O'Connor

“It would be better to give up the notion of writing until you are better prepared. Now it's time to be living. I don't…

— Sherwood Anderson

“Words can hurt. Speech can harm. Always think through before you talk and you will save a heart from feeling bitter.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“Storytellers think they're writing for the audience. They're writing, in a way, to hurt the audience.”

— Chuck Wendig

“When you are trying to find your writing voice don’t try to emulate any writer, not even your favorite. Sit quietly, listen, listen again,…

— Jan Marquart