Expression Quote by William Hughes Mearns

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

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

— Paul Desmond

Writing is something you'll never learn in any university or at any school. It's something that is within you, and if it isn't there,…

— Harper Lee

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 is not a special language that belongs to a few sensitive souls who have a 'gift for words'. Writing is the logical arrangement…

— William Zinsser

I find it both fascinating and disconcerting when I discover yet another person who believes that writing can't be taught. Frankly, I don't understand…

— Elizabeth George

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

To write requires an ego, a belief that what you say matters. Writing also requires an aching curiosity leading you to discover, uncover, what…

— Terry Tempest Williams

Writing is really a way of thinking--not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.

— Toni Morrison

“Writing can be taught or learned in the vacuum. We must say to students in every area of knowledge: "This is a how other…

— William Zinsser

Writing is a combination of being alert to your outer surroundings and alive to your inner reality.

— Julia Cameron

Writing is nothing less than thought transference, the ability to send one's ideas out into the world, beyond time and distance, taken at the…

— Arthur M. Jolly