If a lecturer, he wishes to be heard; if a writer, to be read. He always hopes for a public beyond that of the long-suffering wife.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I come to writing the same way I come to teaching, which is that my goal is always to create life-long readers.
A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.
Librarians and romance writers accomplish one mission better than anyone, including English teachers: we create readers for life - and what could be more fulfilling than that?
Most so-called writers keep writing and writing with the hope, some day, to find something to say.
Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness.
I used to tell my writing students that they must write the books they wished they could come upon - because then the books they hungered and thirsted for would exist.
A writer looking for subjects inquires not after what he loves best, but after what he alone loves at all.
Writing is a lonely profession.
It's great being married to a writer. You live with someone who can read your work and help you.
We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.