"I loved almost everything about being a teacher, but I was an unusual teacher." ― Dan Simmons Topic(s): Teacher More From Dan Simmons "There’s a unique bond of trust between readers and authors that I don’t believe exists in any other art form; as a reader, I trust a novelist to give me his or her best effort, however flawed." "It’s odd how violence and humor so often go together, isn’t it?" "Writing, I’m convinced, should be a subversive activity – frowned on by the authorities – and not one cooed over and praised beyond common sense by some teacher." More In Teacher "Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?"― Diogenes of Sinope "The greatest teacher I know is the job itself."― James Cash Penney "I wanted to become a kindergarten teacher like my mother."― Ziyi Zhang