My imagination was a great place to escape from all the anxiety and disapproval of my life... I had to live in my head... art was a way of making myself feel better. Philip Schultz anxietyartdisapproval Change image and 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
There is a gap in my work from '84 to 2002, 18 years where I stopped writing. I was working at fiction and other things and starting a school and getting married and starting a family, but I wasn't writing poetry for the better part of 15 years. Philip Schultz familyfictiongap 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 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
I have to often read the same sentence over and over before I understand it. And I have to convince myself that what I'm reading is so enjoyable and so exciting and so good for me that it's worth the effort. Philip Schultz convinceeffortenjoyable 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 didn't learn how to read until I was at the end of fifth grade and 11 years old and held back. Philip Schultz backendgrade Change image and 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
