It was not just that Ross Macdonald taught us how to write; he did something much more, he taught us how to read, and how to think about life, and maybe, in some small, but mattering way, how to live.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In high school, my English teacher Celeste McMenamin introduced me to the great novels and Shakespeare and taught me how to write. Essays, poetry, critical analysis. Writing is a skill that was painful then but a love of mine now.
Writing teaches writing.
You'd think it would be easier for writers to make a living, but it's not. Fortunately, I love to teach.
Writing is like jazz. It can be learned, but it can't be taught.
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.
Anthony Powell taught me to write; he has such brilliant control of the mechanics of the novel.
Writing can't be taught.
My mother taught me how to write.
I never think that any writer can teach someone how to write.
Reading taught me how to write.