Editing Quote by Donald Barthelme

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

— Paul Desmond

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

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

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

— Tracy Kidder

I think technique can be taught but I think the only way to learn to write is to read, and I see writing and…

— John McGahern

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

— Tracy Kidder

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

— Elizabeth Berg

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 an outward expression of instinctive insight that must be summoned from the vastly deep of our mysterious selves. Therefore, it cannot be…

— William Hughes Mearns

Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing.

— Jan Karon

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

I think a lot of what goes into writing can be taught - not mixing metaphors, etc.

— Lydia Davis