Book Quote by Francine Prose

I learned to write by writing.

— Neil Gaiman

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 went to college, but I learned to write by reading - and writing.

— Daniel Pinkwater

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 how to write television scripts the same way I have learned to do almost everything else in my entire life, which is…

— Amy Bloom

I learned to write by reading the kind of books I wished I'd written.

— Barbara Kingsolver

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

— Cheryl Strayed

I learned to write because I am one of those people who somehow cannot manage the common communications of smiles and gestures, but must…

— Bill James

When I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading poetry.

— Nicholson Baker

You learn to write by writing.

— William Zinsser

By writing, you learn to write.

— Samuel Johnson