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Reading taught me how to write.

And that's what I've learned too: writing is key.

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.

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.

My grandmother taught me how to read, very early, but she taught me to read just the way she taught herself how to read - she read words rather than syllables. And as a result of that, when I entered school, it took me a long time to learn how to write.

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

I went to college, but I learned to write by reading - and writing.

I sort of always like to write starting with when I learned how.

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.

The least learned, for the most part, have been always most ready to write.