Dyslexia lends itself to original thinking, not rote formulas, because you can't do the formulas - you think up your own method based on intuition and instincts. Creativity is trial and error, trying to figure out a way to do something emotionally and intuitively. Philip Schultz basecreativitydyslexia share on social
Suddenly, I was reading these comics. I was looking at those bubbles, those dialogue bubbles, and suddenly there were words... recognizable words. Philip Schultz bubblecomicdialogue Change image and share on social
Most people try to avoid cliches. It's my ambition in life to try to get 'em right! Philip Schultz ambitionavoidcliche Change image and share on social
I not only couldn't read but often couldn't hear or understand what was being said to me - by the time I'd processed the beginning of a sentence, the teacher was well on her way through a second or third. Philip Schultz beginhearprocess share on social
With my fiction, I focused on chapters and overall conceptions, while in poetry, I crawled along in the trenches of each sentence, examining every word for a sign of a deeper significance. Philip Schultz chapterconceptioncrawl Change image and share on social
I think I was 16 when I had the thought of maybe being a writer. And this is complicated, something I only now understand, because when I was young, having dyslexia and not knowing it made reading such an ordeal. Philip Schultz complicatedyslexiaknow share on social
Repeating third grade at a new school, after having been asked to leave my old one for hitting kids who made fun of my perceived stupidity, I was placed in the 'dummy class.' Philip Schultz askclassdummy Change image and share on social
As a poet and a teacher, I read all the time. I know I read slowly. I like reading, but I don't read any more than I have to. Philip Schultz poetreadslowly Change image and share on social
I do think that there is a profound reservoir of creativity and imagination in everyone I've ever met, and sometimes if someone is persistent and perversely obstinate enough to persevere, then they want to be helped. There is a way to help them. Philip Schultz creativityhavehelp share on social
I was well into middle age when one of my children, then in the second grade, was found to be dyslexic. I had never known the name for it, but I recognized immediately that the symptoms were also mine. Philip Schultz agechilddyslexic share on social
