Personally, I had a great education. My mum was a trained teacher, a Montessori teacher, and I know that I could not have written 'Eragon' if I had gone into a public school system because I would have just been too busy attending classes and doing homework - I wouldn't have had the time to write.
Christopher PaoliniIf I spent my time worrying about what other people would think of my work, I would be too self-conscious to write.
Christopher Paolini