quote from Jean Auel
I've been trying for ever so long to summarize my beliefs on education, and tonight I stumbled across this:
"I did not know how to write; at least not know how to write fiction! So, what I did [was,] I went back to the library. I thought about taking a class in creative writing, but I've been taking enough classes to know that, number one, while a teacher can be wonderful to guide you and to direct you, everybody teaches themselves. You have to learn anything that you learn ...yourself."
(from an interview with Jean Auel, January 7, 1986; emphasis mine.)
Interesting, that.
"I did not know how to write; at least not know how to write fiction! So, what I did [was,] I went back to the library. I thought about taking a class in creative writing, but I've been taking enough classes to know that, number one, while a teacher can be wonderful to guide you and to direct you, everybody teaches themselves. You have to learn anything that you learn ...yourself."
(from an interview with Jean Auel, January 7, 1986; emphasis mine.)
Interesting, that.