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Writing can't be taught.

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

Writing requires a great deal of skill, just like painting does. People don't want to learn those skills.

I think technique can be taught but I think the only way to learn to write is to read, and I see writing and reading as completely related. One almost couldn't exist without the other.

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

Writing teaches writing.

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.

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

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 this point of view.

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