“To us, to the everyday teachers of everyday students, neither of whom is writing the book of the universe but who both have their fullest life only when they align themselves with its truths, working out our own commitment to and our own vision of agape, in however homely or personal a form, is a life long task that both guides us in our teaching endeavors and honors those endeavors at the same time.” WritingLongBookFormUniverseVisionTeacherTeachingStudentsHonorCommitmentTasksEverydayWork OutGuidesEndeavorLong LifeHomelyAgape Author:Marshall Gregory
“My first teacher was Steven Spielberg. I worked on Amazing Stories. That was my first job, as a writer and as a story editor. Watching him and his command of the tools of filmmaking, and his admiration for writing and the story itself, was the greatest lesson I ever had.” WritingFirstsStoriesJobsTeacherLessonsToolsCommandAdmirationEditorsFilmmaking Author:Mick Garris
“The teacher always used me as an example to the class of good English and good storytelling because we all had to write the same stories. But she used to make me go out front - which I hated - and read my story to the class and I would get huge applause. Not because of who I was but because they truly enjoyed the stories I wrote.” WritingStoriesUsedClassTeacherFrontsExampleHugeStorytellingEnjoyedHatedApplauseGood Storytelling Author:Michael Jackson
“Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the most beloved Buddhist teachers in the West, a rare combination of mystic, poet, scholar, and activist. His luminous presence and the simple, compassionate clarity of his writings have touched countless lives.” WritingSimpleTeacherPoetMastersWestClarityBuddhistCombinationBelovedTouchedActivistCompassionateScholarMysticLuminousVietnameseZen MasterThich Nhat Hanh Author:Joanna Macy
“I never thought I'd be a person who would want to write books...I promise you not a single English teacher I've ever had would have thought that this would be going on right now.” WantWritingPersonsBookWould BeTeacherPromiseRight NowI PromiseEnglish Teacher Author:Gary Vaynerchuk
“I did have a love for literature that overpowered my hatred of the people who taught it, and I think because I had no respect for the teachers, their attitude didn't poison the writing that I was discovering for myself.” PeopleThinkingWritingLiteratureAttitudeTeacherTaughtHatredPoisonDiscoveringNo Respect Author:Craig Ferguson
“We had a teacher, named Mr. Brown, and he was writing something on the board once - he was writing something on the board, and he farted. And you would have thought kids had seen the face of God. Kids weren't even laughing; they were just sitting there screaming, just screaming. Kids had to get carted out; kids were screaming. Kids had to get carted out, and they were going to the nurses' office. Kids are crying in the hallway. 'Oh, this is our 9/11.' And it was. It was their 9/11 'cause they never thought anything like that could ever happen.” WritingHappensKidsFacesCausesLaughingTeacherCryOfficeSittingBoardsBrownNurseHallwaysMr Brown Author:Donald Glover
“When I was at school I got lines for dropping a big squelchy, loud fart. My teacher, who was a priest, made me write 'I must not fart in class' 100 times. I left that school shortly afterwards.” WritingMadeBigsSchoolLeftLinesClassTeacherLoudPriestsDroppingFart Author:Brian McFadden
“There's no better teacher for writing than reading... Get a library card. That's the best investment.” WritingReadingTeacherInvestmentLibraryCardsBest InvestmentLibrary Cards Author:Alisa Valdes
“Creative writing teachers should be purged until every last instructor who has uttered the words 'Write what you know' is confined to a labor camp. Please, talented scribblers, write what you don't. The blind guy with the funny little harp who composed The Iliad, how much combat do you think he saw?” ThinkingKnowsShouldWritingLittlesLastsGuyCreativeSawsTeacherPleaseLaborBlindCombatCampsCreative WritingConfinedHarpsInstructorsIliad Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“None of my English teachers in college were praising me or telling me I was anything special. But then in creative writing classes they were. And I enjoyed those more anyway.” WritingClassCreativeTeacherSpecialCollegePraiseEnjoyedCreative WritingEnglish Teacher Author:John Brandon
“In general, teaching writing makes me a far better reader because there's so many ways to write a good sentence or a good story, and as a teacher I'm obliged to consider them all, rather than staying in the safety of my own tendencies.” WayWritingStoriesMy OwnTeacherTeachingReaderSafetySentencesTendenciesStayingObligedGood StoryTeaching Writing Author:Leni Zumas
“I think we're always in some ways writing to the teachers who gave us early love.” ThinkingWayWritingTeacherEarly Love Author:Dan Chaon
“Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.” MenWritingReadingTeacherMilitaryReadyLiteracyConferencesGood WritersReading HabitsWriters Reading Author:Francis Bacon
“Who are these evil ones? In 1984, the evil one was called Goldstein. Orwell was writing a grim parody. But these people running the United States mean what they say. If I were a teacher, I would recommend that all my students very hurriedly read most of Orwell's books, especially 1984 and Animal Farm, because then they'd begin to understand the world we live in.” PeopleIfsWorldWritingMeanBookStatesRunningEvilAnimalUnitedUnited StatesTeacherStudentsFarmsGrimParody Author:John Pilger
“And she [Eleanor Roosevelt]loves being a star. And she loves being a teacher and a leader and a mentor and a big friend. Also, she's tall. She's one of the tallest girls in the school. And she's an athlete. And she writes many years later, at the end of her life, she writes that the happiest day, the happiest single day of her life was the day that she made the first team at field hockey. And I have to say, as a biographer, that's the most important fact. I” WritingYearsFirstsMadeImportantEndsFactsBigsSchoolGirlStarsLove IsLeaderTeacherTeamFieldsAthleteTallHockeyMentorEleanorBeing A TeacherBiographersField Hockey Author:Blanche Wiesen Cook