Books Quote by Richard Matheson

Well, I hate it when authors come into a school and they say to kids, 'Write from your heart, only write what you know,…

— R. L. Stine

I did have a love for literature that overpowered my hatred of the people who taught it, and I think because I had no…

— Craig Ferguson

Every writing teacher I ever had except for one told me I was an awful writer, had no idea what I was doing, and…

— Catherynne M. Valente

I like to remind teachers that even though they're all overwhelmed and overloaded, and it's easy to get burned out, it really is about…

— Rick Riordan

Because I don't have to be careful of people's feelings when I teach literature, and I do when I'm teaching writing.

— Tobias Wolff

My teaching forces me to articulate what I think works in a piece of fiction and how I think it works. All of that…

— Dana Spiotta

You know, sometimes I get moments of inspiration when I'm writing something and then the task seems so daunting that it just kind of…

— Adam Pascal

When I write a book, I write a book for myself; the reaction is up to the reader. It's not my business whether people…

— Paulo Coelho

It gives me a very keen satisfaction that, after listening to my blather all those years, former students are now seeing that I wrote…

— Frank McCourt

I never lose sight of the fact that before I was a writer, I was a teacher. I still am. My classroom's just gotten…

— Jodi Picoult

I would be honored if someone reads my books and it inspires them to write their own work.

— Alexandra Bracken

Teaching does allow me to keep one foot in the youthful waters I tend to occupy in my novels, so I'm thankful for that.…

— Alafair Burke