Fascinating Quote by Elizabeth George

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

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

— Paul Desmond

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

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

— Lydia Davis

It's the writing that teaches you.

— Isaac Asimov

I am simply of the opinion that you cannot be taught to write. You have to spend a lifetime in love with words.

— Craig Claiborne

People say you can't teach writing, but I think that's 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 always a way, for me, of coming to some sort of understanding that I can't reach otherwise.It forces you to think. It…

— Joan Didion

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

— Tracy Kidder

Writing is a trade ... which is learned by writing.

— Simone de Beauvoir

Writing requires a great deal of skill, just like painting does. People don't want to learn those skills.

— John Milius