Aaron Lazar Quotes

My mother had been a Latin teacher, and she was always very fascinated with words. She and I shared books and responded to them.

I love to write. English is my favorite subject in school.

I taught high school English for 24 years. I always teach my students to appreciate the beauty of language and to write poetically.

I excelled in English while I was at school.

I don't know if I officially proofread my father's book, but I read it. I did get some conception of grammar in general from that.

I had really good English teachers in elementary through high school. Not only were we required to read a lot - which is the best training for writing - we were drilled on grammar every day, every night. I hated the drill part, but I don't dangle my participles too often.

The words of the world want to make sentences.

I was a terrible English student.

I was also in love with the English language.

The thing that's depressing is teaching graduate students today and discovering that they don't know simple elemental facts of grammar. They really do not know how to scan a line; they've never been taught to scan a line. Many of them don't know the difference between 'lie' and 'lay,' let alone 'its' and 'it's.' And they're in graduate school!

I read good. I was an English major.

English was my worst subject in school.

I find words really hard.

If people want to be better writers, they can't just read the blogs! You've got to look at something that's outside this rushing world of evanescent words.

I think technique can be taught but I think the only way to learn to write is to read, and I see writing and reading as completely related. One almost couldn't exist without the other.

So I grew up in a very book-friendly environment and my education as a writer was reading. I think that's the best education. Reading, and taking from the people I admired.

All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.

I like English, and I like writing essays, and that kind of stuff.

The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary.

I like all things grammatical, and I had already written several books about parts of speech, and even the alphabet, so everything that makes up a sentence and even a word was covered except for punctuation.

Syntax, my lad. It has been restored to the highest place in the republic.

Read as much as you can, and then sit down and write.

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.

You learn to write by reading, and my experiences and tastes as a reader are pretty wide.

One can't write without having read - you have to read before beginning to write - and universities offer a very good opportunity to read.