Every writing teacher I ever had except for one told me I was an awful writer, had no idea what I was doing, and should stop immediately. It only took the one to tell me something different to light a fire under me. — Catherynne M. Valente
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Catherynne M. Valente : American Writer
Born: May 5, 1979
When Brian told me he grew up in New Mexico, I told him I th…
I told my wife the truth. I told her I was seeing a psychiat…
A good teacher must know the rules; a good pupil, the except…
No great work has ever been produced except after a long int…
A good teacher must know the rules; a good pupil, the except …
When I’m writing about reality, I’m writing about death. Whe…
When Brian told me he grew up in New Mexico, I told him I th…
I told my wife the truth. I told her I was seeing a psychiat…
A good teacher must know the rules; a good pupil, the except…
No great work has ever been produced except after a long int…
A good teacher must know the rules; a good pupil, the except …
I might be writing what people expect me to write, writing f…
I believe that writing is derivative. I think good writing c…
When I’m writing about reality, I’m writing about death. Whe…
I really love writing comedy. Writing romantic comedy is eve…
The cool thing about writing music, writing anything, is tha…
I remember my choir teacher in high school told me, ‘When in…
My teacher told me I’d never amount to anything. I left high…
My second grade teacher told me I would never graduate high …
In about 9th grade, an English teacher told me I had a talen…
No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. C. S. Lewi…
Writing for the page is only one form of writing for the eye…
Writing only leads to more writing. Sidonie Gabrielle Colett…
I was always getting told off by my choir teacher for, you k…
A Latin teacher told me I might make a good actress, and tha…
My teacher told my mum, ‘I think William has dyspraxia,’ and…
