Quote

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.

John Brandon

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

John Brandon
Teacher
Teachers
Special
Anyway
Creative
Enjoyed
Class
English
Anything
Praise
Writing
Telling
None
Praising
College
Classes

More quotes by John Brandon

Image
The first time I took a fiction writing class was sophomore year. And I just found myself taking that extremely seriously, in a way that I didn't take anything else seriously. So I guess that was the start of it.
John Brandon
Image
I was playing sports all the time, growing up. And then, somewhere around 10th or 11th grade, I kind of lost interest in that and just started reading a lot. I didn't know what to read. I didn't have much direction outside of school.
John Brandon
Image
I know people who are really talented at writing, and they just don't ever make it happen because they're also good at other things.
John Brandon
Image
It didn't occur to me that I could be a writer until college. I saw all these people around me training to be doctors, or historians, or C.E.O.'s or whatnot, and I thought, Maybe I want to be a writer.
John Brandon
Image
It's nice not to have to worry about applying for things. It's really a different existence.
John Brandon
Image
I had an idea to write something set back around the Civil War era, but I was just way too ignorant to think I could start it any time soon.
John Brandon