Writing Quote by Flannery O'Connor

Writers who think THEY are being criticized when only that writing is being criticized are beyond a teacher's reach. Writing can only be learned…

— William Zinsser

“It is my personal belief that writing cannot be taught.”

— Parnell Hall

“I learned that teachers are the enemy. Not that I disliked all my teachers—I actually liked quite a few—but I learned that it was…

— Trevor Eissler

“I tell my students that the odds of their getting published and of it bringing them financial security, peace of mind, and even joy…

— Anne Lamott

“I want to say to the literature teacher who remains wilfully, even boastfully ignorant of a major element of contemporary fiction: you are incompetent…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence.”

— Amos Bronson Alcott

“I suspect that every teacher hears the same complaints, but that, being seldom a practicing author, he tends to dismiss them as out of…

— Dorothea Brande

“Any writer who puts his words and thoughts out into the public is going to be criticized.”

— Thomas Moore

My English teacher said that a writer is the worst judge of his own work.

— Ilsa J. Bick

“The best things about writing are the freedom to please yourself creatively, personal accomplishment and the journey of personal growth. The worst is that…

— Ron Houston

“My critics are my best teachers, but only when they will talk with me, not at me. Unfortunately,”

— Shane Claiborne

“Writing can be learned, but not taught.”

— Robert Heinlein