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I was a better writer when I was teaching. I was constantly going over the basics and constantly reminding myself, as I reminded my students, what made a good story, a good poem.
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This page presents the quote "I was a better writer when I was teaching. I was constantly going over the basics and constantly reminding myself, as I reminded my students, what made a good story, a good poem.". Author of this quote is Gil Scott-Heron. This quote is about teaching, reminding, good story, stories, made, students, basics,.