Books Quote by Annie Dillard

The best way to learn about writing is to study the work of other writers you admire.

— Jeffery Deaver

You learn to write by writing, and by reading and thinking about how writers have created their characters and invented their stories. If you…

— Jean M. Auel

Learning how to be a good reader is what makes you a writer.

— Zadie Smith

By reading a lot of novels in a variety of genres, and asking questions, it's possible to learn how things are done - the…

— Nicholas Sparks

Writers learn their craft, above all, from the work of other writers. From reading.

— Marie Arana

We're not just writers; we're readers probably more than anything else. That's how you learn how to write and how you learn to appreciate…

— Elizabeth Berg

Like most-maybe all- writers, I learned to write by writing and, by example, by reading books.

— Francine Prose

Writing is a bit like swimming. You learn writing by doing it and you learn swimming by doing it. Nobody learns how to swim…

— Robert Munsch

Reading is probably what leads most writers to writing.

— Richard Ford

That's a very good way to learn the craft of writing - from reading.

— William Faulkner

Reading for writers is like training for athletes.

— Linda Sue Park

You learn to write by writing.

— William Zinsser