Able Quote by Peter Turchi

You must be able to write. You must have a sense of form, of pattern, of design. You must have a respect for and…

— Ngaio Marsh

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

— John Milius

I think most people agree there is a component of skill in art making; you have to learn grammar before you learn how to…

— Chris Van Allsburg

Writing, at least a craft and at its best an art, aspiring to the unique, is the most difficult to learn.

— Jacques Barzun

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

— Paul Desmond

At the beginning, I experienced writing as a sort of constraint. Starting so young as a writer is pitiable: it's beyond your powers; you…

— Patrick Modiano

Writing really is a difficult craft and there are many parts to master.

— James Johnson

Writing is not, alas, like riding a bicycle: it does not get easier with practice.

— Nancy Mairs

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

You can't be a writer if you don't write, it's just that simple.

— Nicholas Sparks

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

— Tracy Kidder

There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.

— Anthony Trollope