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Writing Class Quotes

As a kid, I was just writing scripts and taking whatever film classes I could in college Picture Quote #1

But when I got to SMU and decided to take a playwriting class, I said this isn’t a bad idea. IfI write characters, they could be as dumb as me, and I don’t have to be very smart Picture Quote #1

Well, my background is journalism. I don’t have any creative-writing experience except for one class I took as a sophomore in college Picture Quote #1

I started writing about New Mexico in an autobiography class I was taking for school, and realized that it was very inspiring place for me Picture Quote #1

People didn’t know certain things about me, which... I was out of creative writing class in school, Syracuse University; had a B.A. in English and wanted to write the great American novel but I also loved rock and roll. I was in bar bands all through college, playing fraternities and have to know all the songs in the top 10. That kind of thing Picture Quote #1

We really had the whole piece laid out in like a Word file, just from beginning to end. It was kind of more like your creative-writing class in school. You know, you have the outline and then you just kind of plug the stuff in the little map you’ve made Picture Quote #1

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Anyone who conceives of writing as an agreeable stroll towards a middle-class life-style will never write anything but crap Picture Quote #1

I took a clown class at NYU - that’s where I met June Diane Raphael, my writing partner and best friend Picture Quote #1

I admired what my students were writing, but I think their improvement doesn’t directly result from me but from being in a class, being with each other Picture Quote #1

Even though I was a reluctant reader in junior high and high school, I found myself writing poems in the back of class Picture Quote #1

Too much of Indian writing in English, it seemed to me, consisted of middle-class people writing about other middle-class people - and a small slice of life being passed off as an authentic portrait of the country Picture Quote #1

I was a ‘learn by doing’ writer - I never took any formal writing classes. So it took a long time to figure things out and find my voice Picture Quote #1

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I’m often asked how I write books, but I don’t think my approach is suitable for everyone. If I walked into a creative writing class, all I could say to them was ‘I tend to make it up as I go along.’ I’m not sure that’s brilliant advice Picture Quote #1

I see creative-writing classes as some sort of AA meeting. It is more of a support group for people who write than an actual course in which you learn writing skills. This support group is extremely important because there is something very lonely about writing Picture Quote #1

I’ve taken every writing class I’ve had available. I took classes in high school, and I took English and writing classes in community college, but I dropped out of college. I also attended a local writing workshop two years ago Picture Quote #1

Where would David Copperfield be if Dickens had gone to writing classes? Probably about seventy minor characters short, is where. (Did you know that Dickens is estimated to have invented thirteen thousand characters? Thirteen thousand! The population of a small town!) Picture Quote #1

I took a couple of creative writing classes with Joyce Carol Oates at Princeton University, and in my senior year there, I took a long fiction workshop with Toni Morrison. I fell in love with it Picture Quote #1

Universal literacy was a 20th-century goal. Before then, reading and writing were skills largely confined to a small, highly educated class of professional people Picture Quote #1

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The next thing I wrote was in a writing class at night school. It was about a poor woman who worked at a dime store and who was all alone for Christmas in Laurel, Mississippi Picture Quote #1

In my writing classes, I don’t outlaw any genre writing Picture Quote #1

Alimony is the curse of the writing class Picture Quote #1

When I went to college I took a creative writing class and decided in a week to be a writer Picture Quote #1

I was a good pupil at primary school: in the second class I was writing with no spelling mistakes, and the third and fourth classes were done in a single year Picture Quote #1

I had never taken creative writing classes. Hadn’t even considered it Picture Quote #1

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A creative writing class may be one of the last places you can go where your life still matters Picture Quote #1

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 of making a living at this racket Picture Quote #1

I fell into playwriting accidentally, took some classes in it, and also took creative writing classes, but I really didn’t expect it to be a career because I didn’t believe there was a way to make money as a playwright without being lucky and I didn’t feel particularly lucky Picture Quote #1

I never attended a creative writing class in my life. I have a horror of them; most writers groups moonlight as support groups for the kind of people who think that writing is therapeutic. Writing is the exact opposite of therapy Picture Quote #1

I took a writing class in college, liked it, and my first year out of school I couldn’t get a job, so I wrote a play Picture Quote #1

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As a kid, I was just writing scripts and taking whatever film classes I could in college (Writing Class Quotes) But when I got to SMU and decided to take a playwriting class, I said this isn’t a bad idea. IfI write characters, they could be as dumb as me, and I don’t have to be very smart (Writing Class Quotes) Well, my background is journalism. I don’t have any creative-writing experience except for one class I took as a sophomore in college. (Writing Class Quotes) I started writing about New Mexico in an autobiography class I was taking for school, and realized that it was very inspiring place for me. (Writing Class Quotes) People didn’t know certain things about me, which... I was out of creative writing class in school, Syracuse University; had a B.A. in English and wanted to write the great American novel but I also loved rock and roll. I was in bar bands all through college, playing fraternities and have to know all the songs in the top 10. That kind of thing. (Writing Class Quotes) We really had the whole piece laid out in like a Word file, just from beginning to end. It was kind of more like your creative-writing class in school. You know, you have the outline and then you just kind of plug the stuff in the little map you’ve made. (Writing Class Quotes) Anyone who conceives of writing as an agreeable stroll towards a middle-class life-style will never write anything but crap. (Writing Class Quotes) I took a clown class at NYU - that’s where I met June Diane Raphael, my writing partner and best friend. (Writing Class Quotes) I admired what my students were writing, but I think their improvement doesn’t directly result from me but from being in a class, being with each other. (Writing Class Quotes) Even though I was a reluctant reader in junior high and high school, I found myself writing poems in the back of class. (Writing Class Quotes) Too much of Indian writing in English, it seemed to me, consisted of middle-class people writing about other middle-class people - and a small slice of life being passed off as an authentic portrait of the country. (Writing Class Quotes) I was a ‘learn by doing’ writer - I never took any formal writing classes. So it took a long time to figure things out and find my voice (Writing Class Quotes) I’m often asked how I write books, but I don’t think my approach is suitable for everyone. If I walked into a creative writing class, all I could say to them was ‘I tend to make it up as I go along.’ I’m not sure that’s brilliant advice (Writing Class Quotes) I see creative-writing classes as some sort of AA meeting. It is more of a support group for people who write than an actual course in which you learn writing skills. This support group is extremely important because there is something very lonely about writing (Writing Class Quotes) I’ve taken every writing class I’ve had available. I took classes in high school, and I took English and writing classes in community college, but I dropped out of college. I also attended a local writing workshop two years ago (Writing Class Quotes) Where would David Copperfield be if Dickens had gone to writing classes? Probably about seventy minor characters short, is where. (Did you know that Dickens is estimated to have invented thirteen thousand characters? Thirteen thousand! The population of a small town!) (Writing Class Quotes) I took a couple of creative writing classes with Joyce Carol Oates at Princeton University, and in my senior year there, I took a long fiction workshop with Toni Morrison. I fell in love with it (Writing Class Quotes) Universal literacy was a 20th-century goal. Before then, reading and writing were skills largely confined to a small, highly educated class of professional people (Writing Class Quotes) The next thing I wrote was in a writing class at night school. It was about a poor woman who worked at a dime store and who was all alone for Christmas in Laurel, Mississippi (Writing Class Quotes) In my writing classes, I don’t outlaw any genre writing (Writing Class Quotes) Alimony is the curse of the writing class (Writing Class Quotes) When I went to college I took a creative writing class and decided in a week to be a writer (Writing Class Quotes) I was a good pupil at primary school: in the second class I was writing with no spelling mistakes, and the third and fourth classes were done in a single year (Writing Class Quotes) I had never taken creative writing classes. Hadn’t even considered it (Writing Class Quotes) A creative writing class may be one of the last places you can go where your life still matters (Writing Class Quotes) 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 of making a living at this racket (Writing Class Quotes) I fell into playwriting accidentally, took some classes in it, and also took creative writing classes, but I really didn’t expect it to be a career because I didn’t believe there was a way to make money as a playwright without being lucky and I didn’t feel particularly lucky (Writing Class Quotes) I never attended a creative writing class in my life. I have a horror of them; most writers groups moonlight as support groups for the kind of people who think that writing is therapeutic. Writing is the exact opposite of therapy (Writing Class Quotes) I took a writing class in college, liked it, and my first year out of school I couldn’t get a job, so I wrote a play (Writing Class Quotes)