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

Writing is really hard, and it's really a skill.

Good writing of course requires talent, and no one can teach you to have talent.

Talent is required, but much of writing is a matter of craft, which develops with time, attention, patience and practice, like playing an instrument or learning to dance.

Writing is communication, and you don't know how you're doing until you put it in front of someone else's eyes. You also learn from critiquing other writers' work.

Writing can't be taught.

Early on, it's good to develop the ability to write. Learning to write is a useful exercise, even if what you're writing about is not that relevant.

People say you can't teach writing, but I think that's nonsense.

My father told us all the time: to become a good writer takes writing. Because the more you do it, the better you get at it. It's like bull-riding. You can't do it once, you know. You've got to practice it and practice it.

I never think that any writer can teach someone how to write.