I was never born to write. I was taught to write. And I am…

“You see, I believe that you cannot be taught to 'write.' You can be taught grammar and punctuation, but you cannot be taught to…

— Robert J. Randisi

“You can be taught to write – you can’t be taught to be an artist”

— john j geddes

Journalism taught me how to write a sentence that would make someone want to read the next one. You are trained to get rid…

— Amy Hempel

I taught myself to write in order to understand who I was and so yes, writing was an act of self-actualization in the beginning.

— Danielle Trussoni

“There are many writing courses, there’s plenty of demand for them. The shortage is having something to write about, and that can’t be taught…

— Jostein Gaarder The Ringmaster s Daughter

I was born on a council estate with a mum who, despite doing everything she could for me, couldn't help me learn to read…

— Angela Rayner

I think if you feel like you were born to write, then you probably were.

— Lena Dunham

“I think I was born to write. My mother would put a typewriter on the dining room table and say "there you go". My…

— Ida Pollock

“I am a Pen & I am born to Write.”

— Himanshu Chhabra

“You'll never be able to silence the woman who was born to write.”

— Melody Lee

Men are born to write. The gardener saves every slip, and seed, and peach-stone: his vocation is to be a planter of plants. Not…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I considered calmly that I was born to write.

— Jean-Paul Sartre

It was not just that Ross Macdonald taught us how to write; he did something much more, he taught us how to read, and…

— Robert B. Parker

Faulkner came from my region and taught me how you could write about a place.

— Ron Rash

My mother taught me how to write.

— Kesha