Common Quote by Bill James

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

— Francine Prose

I learned to write by writing.

— Neil Gaiman

I learned to write by writing. I tended to do anything as long as it felt like an adventure, and to stop when it…

— Neil Gaiman

I learned to write by listening to people talk. I still feel that the best of my writing comes from having heard rather than…

— Gayl Jones

I love when people write about something, I learn what I'm doing through the eyes of a good critic, positive or negative. It's still…

— David LaChapelle

I've learned so much as both a writer and a human.

— Cheryl Strayed

Writing is learned by imitation. If anyone asked me how I learned to write, I'd say I learned by reading the men and women…

— William Zinsser

I've learned a lot about writing from listening to my students talk.

— Marilynne Robinson

I feel like I was writing as I was learning to talk. Writing was always a go to form of communication.

— Frank Ocean

I have learned many things in the 30 years that I have been writing.

— Isabel Allende

I learned to write from different points of view and not just something I would say.

— Maren Morris

I learned to read and write and socialize in school, and that's pretty much it.

— Rick Springfield