æz ɐ tˈiːtʃɚɹ æt ðə mˈɑːɹk twˈeɪn ɹˈaɪɾɚz wˈɜːkʃɑːp, hiː wˈʌns ɹˈiːd fɹʌm ɐ stˈæk ʌv ɹᵻdʒˈɛkʃən lˈɛɾɚz, wˌɪtʃ hiː klˈeɪmd pˈeɪpɚd ðə wˈɔːlz ʌv hɪz ɹˈaɪɾɪŋ stˈʌdi.
As a teacher at the Mark Twain Writer's Workshop, he once read from a stack of rejection letters, which he claimed papered the walls of his writing study.