Education Quote by John McGahern

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

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

— Paul Desmond

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

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

— Tracy Kidder

Writing is a bit like swimming. You learn writing by doing it and you learn swimming by doing it. Nobody learns how to swim…

— Robert Munsch

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

— Tracy Kidder

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

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'm sure that writing isn't a craft, that is, something for which you learn the skills and go on turning out. It must come…

— Robert Lowell

No one can teach writing, but classes may stimulate the urge to write. If you are born a writer, you will inevitably and helplessly…

— Cynthia Ozick

The only way to learn to write is to force yourself to produce a certain number of words on a regular basis.

— Anonymous