Fitness Quote by Orson Scott Card

The best training is to read and write, no matter what. Don't live with a lover or roommate who doesn't respect your work. Don't…

— Grace Paley

I never considered I might make a career out of writing as I was going to school, so when I did turn my attentions…

— Kim Harrison

Learn as much as you can. Take every opportunity to learn about writing, whether it’s through classes, workshops, whatever is available to you. This…

— Theodora Goss

There's a level of discipline I use as a writer, designed to get better at what I'm doing, that requires quite a lot of…

— Anonymous

You can never know too much about writing. If you think you know everything, you're not leaving yourself open to learn. . . .…

— Sabrina Jeffries

I have no formal training as a writer at all, not even a single English class in college.

— Scott Westerfeld

Like most-maybe all- writers, I learned to write by writing and, by example, by reading books.

— Francine Prose

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 teaches writing. Your writing will teach you how to write if you work hard enough and have enough faith.

— Bonnie Friedman

Ultimately, you've got to have something to say, so a writer should continue learning things throughout life. But I don't think education makes one…

— Roger Zelazny

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

I kind of do all of this writing as a way of thinking and learning. I'm sure it's similar to being a journalist: You…

— Anthony Doerr