Believe Quote by Anne Carson

No one can teach writing, but classes may stimulate the urge to write. If you are born a writer, you will inevitably and helplessly…

— Cynthia Ozick

I don't teach writing classes anymore, and I'm really glad I don't, because I would feel very strange about telling people, 'Go out there…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Teaching other people to write is not something I can do. The only kind of advice I can give them will be trite by…

— Margaret Atwood

Teaching is all armchair. I learn about writing by writing and thinking about what I've written and throwing it away.

— Ben Marcus

People say you cant teach writing, but I think thats nonsense.

— Tracy Kidder

People say you can't teach writing, but I think that's nonsense.

— Tracy Kidder

I'm not a writer who teaches. I'm a teacher who writes.

— Maya Angelou

Teaching and writing, to me, is really just seduction; you go to where people are and you find something that they're interested in and…

— Lawrence M. Krauss

I never was a big believer that you can teach writing per se.

— Elizabeth Berg

I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas.

— Bodhidharma

Teaching was great for me, because I got to show people how writing can really change the way you see not only yourself but…

— Sarah Dessen

Writing teaches writing. Your writing will teach you how to write if you work hard enough and have enough faith.

— Bonnie Friedman