I've written since I was 10 years old, so I guess I'm self-taught. I've had some luck along the way, I must admit, and I've worked hard.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I have learned many things in the 30 years that I have been writing.
Looking back, I understand that I was teaching myself to write.
I sort of always like to write starting with when I learned how.
Reading taught me how to write.
I never considered I might make a career out of writing as I was going to school, so when I did turn my attentions that way, I was very ill prepared, having only what I read as a guide, and no formal training whatsoever. I credit that very ignorance with a great deal of my success.
Writing is a really good first step toward that goal of knowing yourself.
I never think that any writer can teach someone how to write.
I've been writing since I was 19.
I'm not a writer who teaches. I'm a teacher who writes.
I've always felt that writing can be learned but not really taught. The best thing somebody can do for you is to put the right book in your hands at the right time. I grew up in a family where the right book was always being put in my hands.