Convince Quote by Lewis Schiff

I became an academic so that I could share my knowledge and experience with students.

— Vivek Wadhwa

I tried to stir the imagination and enthusiasms of students to take risks, to do what they were most afraid of doing, to widen…

— James Broughton

For a stretch of time, I got really caught up in the idea that what people liked about my work was that I was…

— Adrian Tomine

I began writing as an experimental writer.

— Sandra Cisneros

When I entered college, it was to study liberal arts. At the University of Pennsylvania, I studied English literature, but I fell in love…

— Andrea Mitchell

After finishing my college, I wanted to do something related to the media.

— Ishita Dutta

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

— Eileen Pollack

My idea was always to start with a small press and then move up to a national press. I had those goals for my…

— Sandra Cisneros

I wrote for my high school and college newspapers. It was my only creative outlet in those days.

— Soupy Sales

While it was a very interesting period in my life, I was happy to get back to more direct contact with students in the…

— Jerome Isaac Friedman

I wanted to be a Teacher with a big T, teach the whole planet. It led me into writing and speaking to large groups.

— Jack Canfield

I also did a great amount of writing while doing research. It gave me the opportunity to meet and talk to people other than…

— Sasa Stanisic