About Quote by Ursula K. Le Guin

When I began to be published, people got the idea that I should 'teach writing,' which I have no idea how to do and…

— Anne Carson

I come from a working-class background and it wasn't in my world to be a writer - I had no direct access to those…

— Roisin Conaty

Teaching is all armchair. I learn about writing by writing and thinking about what I've written and throwing it away.

— Ben Marcus

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

— Maya Angelou

Teaching was great for me, because I got to show people how writing can really change the way you see not only yourself but…

— Sarah Dessen

Somebody's always getting me to come lecture to their writing class, and I don't talk about writing at all, I talk about the business…

— Jerry Pournelle

I think I told my parents I wanted to be a writer, just so they'd kind of think I had some direction in life.…

— Kyle Kinane

I see myself only sporadically as a teacher and consistently as a writer. Teaching is how I pay the bills...and fortunately, for my students,…

— Vijay Seshadri

I realized you might make money at writing, and you might even make a living at it. So after that I didn't write stories…

— Dean Koontz

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

Writing is an art but also a craft, which means it's a job. I don't teach. This is how the groceries get on the…

— Charlie Huston

I do different work, teaching and running around visiting universities and bookstores, and that prevents me from writing. But it's nice to be wanted…

— Bonnie Jo Campbell