Character Quote by Kurt Vonnegut

When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away - even if it's…

— Kurt Vonnegut

When I teach writing, I always tell my students you should assume that the audience you're writing for is smarter than you. You can't…

— Tony Kushner

In fact, the very phrase "teaching creative writing" sounds to me oxymoronic. How can you teach someone to be creative?

— Yuriy Tarnawsky

How can you teach someone to be creative? You have to create yourself.

— Yuriy Tarnawsky

I write and teach creative nonfiction. I was a reporter.

— Eileen Pollack

It's not my job at the Institute to teach where people are in the art world - in the world of art historically. My…

— Lawrence Jordan

“Make your characters want something right away even if it's only a glass of water. Characters paralyzed by the meaninglessness of modern life still…

— Kurt Vonnegut

When I'm teaching, I tell my students: It's all process. Don't even think of product.

— Maxine Hong Kingston

I always tell my students to go back after a hundred pages and rewrite from the beginning. It's really harder if you've already finished…

— Yiyun Li

I tell my students, it's got to be warm, dry, and noble.

— Samuel Mockbee

I tell my students to think of poems as language plus, language with value added beyond its everyday use.

— Monica Youn

I try not to tell students where to shoot, when to shoot, or what to shoot. I feel finding the picture is the most…

— Jay Maisel