Crafts Quote by William Faulkner

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

The way to learn about a writer is to read the text. Or texts.

— Annie Dillard

Learn about writing from reading. That is the right way to do it.

— Maxwell Perkins

“The only way you learn to write is by reading and studying the kind of thing you would like to write — and by writing.”

— Barbara Abercrombie

“There is really only one way to learn good writing: good reading and extensive writing and revising.”

— Robert Lane Greene

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

— E. L. Doctorow

The best way to learn about writing is to study the work of other writers you admire.

— Jeffery Deaver

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

— Simone de Beauvoir

You learn to write by writing.

— William Zinsser

Writers learn their craft, above all, from the work of other writers. From reading.

— Marie Arana

Learning how to be a good reader is what makes you a writer.

— Zadie Smith

I think you should learn about writing from everybody who has ever written that has anything to teach you

— Ernest Hemingway