Cardinal rules Quote by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Indeed, learning to write may be part of learning to read. For all I know, writing comes out of a superior devotion to reading.

— Eudora Welty

I learned to write by writing.

— Neil Gaiman

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

— Francine Prose

Learning to write is learning to think. You don't know anything clearly unless you can state it in writing.

— S. I. Hayakawa

You learn to write by writing.

— William Zinsser

By writing, you learn to write.

— Samuel Johnson

As a rule, one must write a great many words before one learns to write well.

— Caroline Gordon

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

Writing is a trade ... which is learned by writing.

— Simone de Beauvoir

Learn to write by writing

— Ann Patchett

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

And that's what I've learned too: writing is key.

— Trish Stratus