I think a lot of what goes into writing can be taught - not mixing metaphors, etc. — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
Maybe writing can't be taught, but editing can be taught—prayer, fasting and self-mutilation. — Donald Barthelme Copy Share Image
In a lot of ways, TV writing taught me how to be a good storyteller. I learned about dialogue, scenes, moving the… — Maria Semple Copy Share Image
The art of drawing which is of more real importance to the human race than that of writing...should be taught to every… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
“Writing can be taught or learned in the vacuum. We must say to students in every area of knowledge: "This is a… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
I would love to see writing taught online because at university like Yale, there are not enough teachers who are able to… — David Gelernter Copy Share Image
I find it both fascinating and disconcerting when I discover yet another person who believes that writing can't be taught. Frankly, I… — Elizabeth George Copy Share Image
“Writing has taught me that the frontier isn’t always a place. Sometimes it’s a season of your life. The space between who… — Dustin Lee Copy Share Image
I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can't teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort. — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
If writing has taught me anything, it's that you don't actually understand anything until you can express it in words. — Kevin Bleyer Copy Share Image
People always say, "Can writing be taught?" I always think, I can teach you how to write a better sentence, how to… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
In high school, in 1956, at the age of sixteen, we were not taught "creative writing." We were taught literature and grammar.… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Can writing ever be taught? The best answer to that was given obliquely by the rock musician David Lee Roth. When asked… — Ron Carlson Copy Share Image
Poets are immersed in process, and I mean process not as an amorphous blur but as a discipline. The hard work of… — Kathleen Norris Copy Share Image
“In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
