Adults Quote by Richard Mitchell

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

And what, you ask, does writing teach us? First and foremost, it reminds us that we are alive and that it is a gift…

— Ray Bradbury

“Writing requires a prolong period of academic education supplemented by studiously scrutinizing society and its customs. Writers also analyze their own nature and physical…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

Kids are naturally inventive and curious and creative, but most adults have had that beaten out of them. Writing is a form of play;…

— Monica Ali

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

— Paul Desmond

Writers, however mature and wise and eminent, are children at heart.

— Edna O'Brien

I am simply of the opinion that you cannot be taught to write. You have to spend a lifetime in love with words.

— Craig Claiborne

Talented people are finding that writing for young people is as demanding of high quality as writing for adults.

— Lloyd Alexander

I consider writing as a fine art. We kill it by imposing the alphabet on little children and making it the beginning of learning.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Not everyone writes well from a child's point of view.

— Richard Russo

In some sense, there is no such thing as writing for children.

— Eric Metaxas

Writing for adults, you have to keep reminding them of what is going on. The poor things have given up using their brains when…

— Diana Wynne Jones