I am simply of the opinion that you cannot be taught to…

I've spent a lifetime in love with country music.

— Blake Shelton

“He envied them for the one thing that was missing from him and that they had, the importance they were able to attach to…

— hermann hesse

“What do you have in here?” [the Archbishop] asked, pointing to one of the little bottles. “Quinine, Vladika,” answered the father confused. “Preparation against…

— Hieromonk Tihon

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

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

— Ron Rash

“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

Ever since I could first write I have been doing so. When I was taught how to write and read at school, I made…

— Anita Desai

I was never born to write. I was taught to write. And I am still being taught to write.

— Atul Gawande

Most important of all, there is no right or wrong way to write - there's only what works for you. I was taught to…

— Tamora Pierce

“She also taught me to write, by which I mean not simply organizing a set of sentences into a series of paragraphs, but organizing…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

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

My mother taught me how to write.

— Kesha

When I was bringing up a child, I taught myself to write in very short, concentrated bursts. If I had a weekend, or a…

— Doris Lessing