The most important lesson my parents taught me is that writing is a job, one that requires discipline and commitment. Most of the time it's a fun job, a wonderful job, but sometimes it isn't, and those are the days that test you.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Writing is incredibly important to me as a way of handling the world, understanding how it works.
Writing teaches writing.
The main thing about writing is... writing. Sitting your butt down in the chair and doing the work.
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.
Writing is a necessary thing for me, just to keep myself level. It has beneficial effects on my life.
Teaching is a great complement to writing. It's very social and gets you out of your own head. It's also very optimistic. It renews itself every year - it's a renewable resource.
For all its ups and downs and challenges, I love writing. We only grow through adversity, so I welcome the difficulties, knowing bumps in the road are my greatest teachers.
Writing is really hard, and it's really a skill.
I have grown in my writing and I care about it now and I know how important it is to write stuff.
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.