Language Quote by Craig Claiborne

Writing is like jazz. It can be learned, but it can't be taught.

— Paul Desmond

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

— Tracy Kidder

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

— Tracy Kidder

And what, you ask, does writing teach us? First and foremost, it reminds us that we are alive and that it is a gift…

— Ray Bradbury

Writing is like breathing, it's possible to learn to do it well, but the point is to do it no matter what.

— Julia Cameron

Writing, in any sense that matters, cannot be taught. It can only be learned by each separate one of us in his own way,…

— Katherine Anne Porter

You can't teach people to write well. Writing well is something God lets you do or declines to let you do.

— Kurt Vonnegut

Writing is difficult all the time; the thing is to learn something every day.

— Richie Benaud

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

— Elizabeth Berg

As a rule, one must write a great many words before one learns to write well.

— Caroline Gordon

You learn to write by writing.

— William Zinsser

It's the writing that teaches you.

— Isaac Asimov